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Chaon, Dan

 
9780345441621: Among the Missing
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ISBN 10: 0345441621 ISBN 13: 9780345441621
Editorial: Ballantine Books, 2001

Sinopsis

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 imagines today's family instinctively trying to stay together, only to find itself lost in the throes of a chaotic, modern world.

In "Safety Man," a young widow and her children become increasingly attached to an inflatable protector-doll, as the world outside seems to grow ever more threatening; "Big Me" follows a lonely, imaginative twelve-year-old boy who believes an older (slightly creepier) version of himself has moved in next door; In "I Demand to Know Where You're Taking Me," a man blinded by love for his imprisoned brother ignores the warnings of his distant wife and a talking parrot who both witness things he's never seen; and "Among the Missing" explores how the death of a family, found buckled in their car at the bottom of a lake, casts a shadow on a small town and intrudes upon the narrator's relationship with his aging mother.

A writer of enormous talent and emotional depth, Dan 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.

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Acerca del autor

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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Editorial
Ballantine Books
Año de publicación
2001
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0345441621
ISBN 13 
9780345441621
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
258
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Otras ediciones populares con el mismo título

9780345441614: Among the Missing: Stories (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

Edición Destacada

ISBN 10:  0345441613 ISBN 13:  9780345441614
Editorial: Random House Publishing Group, 2002
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