Stay Awake

“Eerily beautiful … [Chaon] is the modern day John Cheever.”—Boston Sunday Globe

“Powerful and disturbing … The shocks in this collection are many.”—The Washington Post

“Chaon is able to create fully realized characters in mere pages… . This collection is further proof that Chaon is one of the best fiction writers working right now.”—Omaha World-Herald

“There are not many fiction writers who can do what Dan Chaon can do… . [He is] a literary force.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Intense and suspenseful … a highly recommended work, not to be missed.”—Library Journal (starred review)

“Mesmerizing … gripping, masterful fiction.”—The Plain Dealer

“Superbly disquieting.”—The New York Times Book Review

Dan Chaon is the acclaimed author of Among the Missing, which was a finalist for the National Book Award; You Remind Me of Me, which was named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, and Entertainment Weekly, among other publications; and Await Your Reply, which was a New York Times Notable Book and appeared on more than a dozen “Best of the Year” lists. Chaon’s fiction has appeared in many journals and anthologies, including The Best American Short Stories, Pushcart Prize, and The O. Henry Prize Stories. He has been a finalist for the National Magazine Award in Fiction, and he was the recipient of the 2006 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Chaon lives in Cleveland, Ohio, and teaches at Oberlin College, where he is the Pauline M. Delaney Professor of Creative Writing.

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