num_pages: 192
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Coast of Chicago: Stories
titlecomplete: The Coast of Chicago: Stories
genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Cities, Novels, Short Story Collection, 20th Century, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, American
ratings_count: 2527
places: Chicago, Illinois
awards: awardedAt: 473414400000
name: O. Henry Award
category: 'Hot Ice'
publisher: Picador