false 153198 6 The stolid landscape of Chicago suddenly turns dreamlike and otherworldly in Stuart Dybek's classic story collection. A child's collection of bottle caps becomes the tombstones of a graveyard. A lowly rightfielder's inexplicable death turns him into a martyr to baseball. Strains of Chopin floating down the tenement airshaft are transformed into a mysterious anthem of loss. Combining homely detail and heartbreakingly familiar voices with grand leaps of imagination, The Coast of Chicago is a masterpiece from one of America's most highly regarded writers. 1410766 1990 The Coast of Chicago total:439|5:161|4:186|3:79|2:11|1:2| 439 1810 596 72 4 2 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun May 27 12:31:27 -0700 2007 Sun May 27 12:31:27 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 07:18:59 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 16:41:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Nov 15 16:44:55 -0800 2007 Fri Jul 31 16:34:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 21:12:50 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 21:35:08 -0700 2008
These stories are pretty good—good enough that I inhaled the whole book on a rainy Saturday—but I feel like Dybek's razor-sharp sense of place and elegant facility with everyday language would be better suited to the novel form. Like so man...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 14 08:37:30 -0700 2008 Tue May 26 19:37:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jul 12 17:58:31 -0700 2007 Mon Feb 04 09:41:33 -0800 2008 I Sailed with Magellan. "Pet Milk," "Hot Ice," and "Blight" are all terrific stories, especially "Pet Milk," which is so fucking achingly beautiful that I can hardly stan...more...]]> 4 0 true false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed May 09 15:30:52 -0700 2007 Wed May 09 15:41:39 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 20:53:41 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 21:06:46 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 06:56:52 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 07:05:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Jul 26 06:12:06 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 06:12:17 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Feb 04 11:15:37 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 11:15:37 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 20:57:22 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 21:01:57 -0700 2009 1 3 0 false false Mon Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 10:15:24 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 12:19:11 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jul 31 19:31:48 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 19:43:43 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Feb 17 09:42:03 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 09:42:03 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 06:44:21 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 06:47:20 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jan 26 14:59:04 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 15:00:05 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 15:21:59 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 09:39:20 -0700 2009
"he felt both tight and loose and totally alive even walking down a street that always made him sad..."

this book was amazing and i plan to read it again shortly. if you live in chicago i...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 14:11:04 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 15:18:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Jan 15 09:56:32 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 09:57:00 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=153198