Blight (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Stuart Dybek
- First Published: 1985
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The mid-1950's through the late 1960's
- Setting: Chicago
- Principal Characters: Dave, Ziggy Zilinsky, Stanley “Pepper” Rosado, Joey “Deejo” DeCampo
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Social realism, Short fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, Maturation or coming of age, 1960’s, Teenagers, Music or musicians, Chicago, Pregnancy, Inner cities or inner-city life, Storytelling, Military life or service, Draft, military, Religious life
- Locales: Chicago, IL
The Story
This is a story of four teenage friends who come of age on the streets of southside Chicago. In a neighborhood whose streets have no names, they search for something with which to ally themselves, a place to claim as their own.
Blight is everywhere; they appropriate the word into their vocabulary so that it—the word “blight” itself—becomes the definitive influence on their world. When their neighborhood is proclaimed an Official Blight Area, they change the name of their band from the No Names to the Blighters. Baptized in the good name of blight, the...
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