Jan 2, 2010

The Coast of Chicago | The Coast of Chicago

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Author: Stuart Dybek
First Published: 1990
Type of Work: Short stories and vignettes
Time of Work: The 1940’s to the 1960’s
Setting: Chicago
Genres: Short fiction
Subjects: Family or family life, Mythology or myths, Prisons, Music or musicians, World War II, Religion, Chicago, Emotions, Painting or painters, Ice, Animals, Mirrors or lenses, Heat, Windows
Locales: Chicago, IL

Following Childhood and Other Neighborhoods, The Coast of Chicago is Stuart Dybek’s second book of fiction. Dybek is also a poet, which may account for the evocative imagery of the latter work, a collection of seven stories interspersed with seven vignettes. The setting of the stories and some of the vignettes is Chicago, especially its ethnic neighborhoods and their worn-out industrial environs. The major stories in the collection—“Chopin in Winter,” “Blight,” “Nighthawks,” “Hot Ice,” and “Pet Milk”—feature young characters (mostly male) saturated with...

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The Coast of Chicago | The Coast of Chicago

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