Among the Missing, Dan Chaon
Among the Missing, Dan Chaon
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Among the Missing

Author: Dan Chaon

Narrator: Dylan Baker, Becky Ann Baker

Abridged: 13 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/03/2001


Synopsis

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.

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.


Reviews

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Goodreads review by Maziyar

در میان گمشدگان روایت کسانی ایست که در حال رفتن هستند ، آدمهایی مایوس ، خسته و غمگین ، آدمهایی که از هر جهت ، زندگی کاری ، یا زندگی مشترک آنها عملا تمام شده و مرده اند ، آن هایی که مدام به این فکر می کنند که کدام تصمیم یا کدام حادثه آنها را به جایی که هستند کشانده است . داستان های کتاب در زمان گذشته......more

Goodreads review by Javad

شاید نمره‌اش واقعا 4 باشه اما یه ستاره دیگه‌ام بابت حسی که ایجاد کرد و اینکه یه حال و هوای خاص داره، بهش میدم. نویسنده، به گفته‌ی خودش، بجای نوشتن داستان‌هایی مثل کپسولی از نصیحت و پند‌های اخلاقی، دست خواننده رو میگیره و به دنیای متناقض غم‌ها و شادی‌ها میبره؛ دنیایی که توی زیباترین خاطراتش کلی غم عم......more

Goodreads review by Yasamin

خیلی خوب. مدت‌ها بود داستانی رو (حتی با همین حجم کم) یک نفس نخونده بودم. با وجود اینکه هر داستان و شخصیتش بعد از تموم شدن سنگینی می‌کرد و نیاز داشتی ته‌نشین بشه، شوق به خوندن داستان بعدی هم بود. داستان‌هایی که می‌تونند تو قالب کلیشه‌ای رنج از روابط انسانی/خانوادگی شکست خورده و از دست رفته تعریف بشن......more


Quotes

“One of the best short story writers around . . . Dan Chaon’s stories are funny, heartbreaking, beautifully written, and intelligently conceived.”
–LORRIE MOORE
Author of Birds of America

“AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF STORIES, A GENUINELY LITERARY ACCOMPLISHMENT.”
–HA JIN
National Book Award—winning author

“With a story like [‘Big Me’] 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.”
–MICHAEL CHABON
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay


Awards

  • National Book Awards