Among the Missing
$33.47
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
15 January 2002
Summary
In this haunting, bracing new collection, Dan Chaon shares stories of men, women, and children who live far outside the American Dream, while wondering which decision, which path, or which accident brought them to this place. Chaon mines the psychological landscape of his characters to dazzling effect. Each story radiates with sharp humor, mystery, wonder, and startling compassion. "Among the Missing" lingers in the mind through its subtle grace and power of language.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780345441614 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0345441613 |
| Author: | Dan Chaon |
| Publisher: | Ballantine Books |
| Imprint: | Ballantine Books Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 15 January 2002 |
| Weight: | 268g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 143mm x 210mm |
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Critics Review
“One of the best short story writers around … Dan Chaon’s stories are funny, heartbreaking, beautifully written, and intelligently conceived.” -LORRIE MOORE Author of Birds of America “AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF STORIES, A GENUINELY LITERARY ACCOMPLISHMENT.” -HA JIN National Book Award–winning author
“With a story like [‘Big Me’] from the marvelous writer Dan Chaon, I am confronted not only with an unfathomable mystery such as that of the endurance of a single human identity over time, but also with new proof of the enduring value of telling tales in the ongoing struggle to understand those mysteries.” -MICHAEL CHABON Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
About The Author
Dan Chaon
Dan Chaon is the acclaimed author of” Fitting Ends “and “Among the Missing,” a finalist for the National Book Award, which was also listed as one of the ten best books of the year by the American Library Association, “Chicago Tribune,” “The Boston Globe,” and “Entertainment Weekly,” as well as being cited as a “New York Times” Notable Book. Chaon’s fiction has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, and won both Pushcart” “and O. Henry awards. Chaon teaches at Oberlin College and lives in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, with his wife and two sons.
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