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Among the Missing

by Dan Chaon

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Awards

National Book Award finalist
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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

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.

Review:

"Riveting and unpredictable, each pristine tale of absence looms like the proverbial tip of the iceberg as Chaon succeeds brilliantly in suggesting the immensity and mystery floating silently below the surface of everyday life, shadowy compressions of all the complicated and contradictory thoughts and feelings that humans conceal from each other out of fear and love." Donna Seaman, Booklist (starred review)

Synopsis:

Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Chabon praised the O. Henry Award-winning story, "Big Me, " featured in "Among the Missing," saying: "With a story like this one 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."
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About the Author

Dan Chaon is the acclaimed author of Fitting Ends and Other Stories. He was anthologized in Best American Short Stories 1996 and The Pushcart Prize 2000. He has been published in such magazines as Story, Ploughshares, and Triquarterly, and has received many prizes and honors including a grant from the Ohio Arts Council. He lives in Ohio with his wife and children. He is currently at work on his first novel.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780345441614
Author:
Chaon, Dan
Publisher:
Ballantine Books
Location:
New York
Subject:
Short Stories (single author)
Subject:
Domestic fiction, American
Subject:
Domestic fiction
Subject:
Stories (single author)
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Copyright:
2001
Edition Number:
1st paperback ed.
Edition Description:
1st trade paperback ed.
Series Volume:
78-439
Publication Date:
January 2002
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
8.26x5.62x.64 in. .59 lbs.
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Product details 288 pages Ballantine Books - English 9780345441614 Reviews:
"Review" by , "Riveting and unpredictable, each pristine tale of absence looms like the proverbial tip of the iceberg as Chaon succeeds brilliantly in suggesting the immensity and mystery floating silently below the surface of everyday life, shadowy compressions of all the complicated and contradictory thoughts and feelings that humans conceal from each other out of fear and love."
"Synopsis" by , Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Chabon praised the O. Henry Award-winning story, "Big Me, " featured in "Among the Missing," saying: "With a story like this one 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."
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