The Coast of Chicago - Hardcover

Has claim to comparison with Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio and Joyce's Dubliners. . .Dybek's energetic prose produces dazzling effects. "Chicago Sun-Times"

Moving and real and often brilliantly ambitious. "Los Angeles Times"

A fictional world that is both ordinary and amazing. "The New York Times"

Irresistible...Mr. Dreiser, Mr. Farrell, Mr. Bellow, Mr. Algren, please say hello to Stuart Dybek. He's one of yours. "The Village Voice"

Establishes [Dybek] not merely as a talent but as a magician comparable to Eudora Welty and Joy Williams. "Chicago Tribune"

Tender and unforgiving...No matter where you grew up, after reading these stories you'll have found the coast of Chicago "San Francisco Chronicle""

Has claim to comparison with Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio and Joyce's Dubliners. . .Dybek's energetic prose produces dazzling effects. Chicago Sun-Times

Moving and real and often brilliantly ambitious. Los Angeles Times

A fictional world that is both ordinary and amazing. The New York Times

Irresistible...Mr. Dreiser, Mr. Farrell, Mr. Bellow, Mr. Algren, please say hello to Stuart Dybek. He's one of yours. The Village Voice

Establishes [Dybek] not merely as a talent but as a magician comparable to Eudora Welty and Joy Williams. Chicago Tribune

Tender and unforgiving...No matter where you grew up, after reading these stories you'll have found the coast of Chicago San Francisco Chronicle

-Has claim to comparison with Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio and Joyce's Dubliners. . .Dybek's energetic prose produces dazzling effects.- --Chicago Sun-Times

-Moving and real and often brilliantly ambitious.- --Los Angeles Times

-A fictional world that is both ordinary and amazing.- --The New York Times

-Irresistible...Mr. Dreiser, Mr. Farrell, Mr. Bellow, Mr. Algren, please say hello to Stuart Dybek. He's one of yours.- --The Village Voice

-Establishes [Dybek] not merely as a talent but as a magician comparable to Eudora Welty and Joy Williams.- --Chicago Tribune

-Tender and unforgiving...No matter where you grew up, after reading these stories you'll have found the coast of Chicago- --San Francisco Chronicle

"Has claim to comparison with Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio and Joyce's Dubliners. . .Dybek's energetic prose produces dazzling effects." --Chicago Sun-Times

"Moving and real and often brilliantly ambitious." --Los Angeles Times

"A fictional world that is both ordinary and amazing." --The New York Times

"Irresistible...Mr. Dreiser, Mr. Farrell, Mr. Bellow, Mr. Algren, please say hello to Stuart Dybek. He's one of yours." --The Village Voice

"Establishes [Dybek] not merely as a talent but as a magician comparable to Eudora Welty and Joy Williams." --Chicago Tribune

"Tender and unforgiving...No matter where you grew up, after reading these stories you'll have found the coast of Chicago" --San Francisco Chronicle

Stuart Dybek is the award-winning author of Childhood and Other Neighborhoods, I Sailed with Magellan, and Brass Knuckles, a volume of poetry. A professor of English at Western Michigan University, he lives in Kalamazoo.