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I Sailed with Magellan

by Stuart Dybek

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Following his renowned The Coast of Chicago and Childhood, story writer Stuart Dybek returns with eleven masterful and masterfully linked stories about Chicago's fabled and harrowing South Side. United, they comprise the story of Perry Katzek and his widening, endearing clan. Through these streets walk butchers, hitmen, mothers and factory workers, boys turned men and men turned to urban myth. I Sailed With Magellan solidifies Dybek's standing as one of our finest chroniclers of urban America.

Synopsis:

Following his renowned The Coast of Chicago and Childhood, story writer Stuart Dybek returns with eleven masterful and masterfully linked stories about Chicago's fabled and harrowing South Side. United, they comprise the story of Perry Katzek and his widening, endearing clan. Through these streets walk butchers, hitmen, mothers and factory workers, boys turned men and men turned to urban myth. I Sailed With Magellan solidifies Dybek's standing as one of our finest chroniclers of urban America.

About the Author

Stuart Dybek is the author of two collections of short fiction, The Coast of Chicago and Childhood and Other Neighborhoods, as well as a volume of poetry, Brass Knuckles. A professor of English at Western Michigan University, he lives in Kalamazoo.

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50's/60's Southside Chicago in all its multi-faceted, mosaic glory (good and bad) captured here cleverly by Stuart Dybek
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780312424114
Author:
Dybek, Stuart
Publisher:
Picador USA
Subject:
Short Stories (single author)
Subject:
Stories (single author)
Subject:
Short stories
Subject:
Chicago (Ill.)
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Publication Date:
October 2004
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
307
Dimensions:
8.34x5.56x.84 in. .65 lbs.

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