Stay Awake

Stay Awake

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The Washington Post â‚¬ San Francisco Chronicle
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Before the critically acclaimed novels Await Your Reply and You Remind Me of Me, Dan Chaon made a name for himself as a renowned writer of dazzling short stories. Now, in Stay Awake, Chaon returns to that form for the first time since his masterly Among the Missing, a finalist for the National Book Award.
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In these haunting, suspenseful stories, lost, fragile, searching characters wander between ordinary life and a psychological shadowland. They have experienced intense love or loss, grief or loneliness, displacement or disconnectionâ‚¬"and find themselves in unexpected, dire, and sometimes unfathomable situations.
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A fatherâ‚¬s life is upended by his sonâ‚¬s night terrorsâ‚¬"and disturbing memories of the first wife and child he abandoned; a foster child receives a call from the past and begins to remember his birth mother, whose actions were unthinkable; a divorced woman experiences her own dark version of â‚¬Å“empty-nest syndromeâ‚¬Â; a young widower is unnerved by the sudden, inexplicable appearances of messages and notesâ‚¬"on dollar bills, inside a magazine, stapled to the side of a tree; and a college dropout begins to suspect that thereâ‚¬s something off, something sinister, in his late parentsâ‚¬ house.
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Dan Chaonâ‚¬s stories feature scattered families, unfulfilled dreamers, anxious souls. TheyÂ exist in a twilight realmâ‚¬"in a place by the window late at night when the streets are empty and the world appears to be quiet. But you are up, unable to sleep. So you stay awake.
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Praise for Stay Awake
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â‚¬Å“Eerily beautiful . . . [Chaon] is the modern day John Cheever.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"Boston Sunday Globe
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â‚¬Å“Powerful and disturbing . . . The shocks in this collection are many.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"The Washington Post
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â‚¬Å“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.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"Omaha World-Herald
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â‚¬Å“There are not many fiction writers who can do what Dan Chaon can do. . . . [He is] a literary force.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"The Philadelphia Inquirer
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â‚¬Å“Intense and suspenseful . . . a highly recommended work, not to be missed.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"Library Journal (starred review)
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â‚¬Å“Mesmerizing . . . gripping, masterful fiction.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"The Plain Dealer
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â‚¬Å“Superbly disquieting.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"The New York Times Book Review
Country USA
Manufacturer Ballantine Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 10-17614
ReleaseDate 2012-02-07
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780345530370

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Ballantine Books
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	10-17614
ReleaseDate	2012-02-07
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780345530370

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