ISBN: 9780345530387 - stay awake: stories (14 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. In these "superbly disquieting" (The New York Times Book Review) stories, lost, fragile, and searching characters wander between ordinary life and a psychological shadowland-from the award-winning author of Among the Missing. "Powerful and disturbing."-The Washington Post "Eerily beautiful."-Boston Sunday Globe " Chaon is a literary force."-The Philadelphia Inquirer A WASHINGTON POST AND SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Includes an exclusive conversation between Dan Chaon and Emma Straub In twelve chilling stories, Dan Chaon introduces us to characters who have experienced intense love or loss, grief or loneliness, displacement or disconnection-and find themselves in unexpected, dire, and sometimes A father's life is upended by his son's night terrors-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 "empty-nest syndrome"; a young widower is unnerved by the sudden, inexplicable appearances of messages and notes-on dollar bills, inside a magazine, stapled to the side of a tree; and a college dropout begins to suspect that there's something off, something sinister, in his late parents' house. The stories in Stay Awake feature scattered families, unfulfilled dreamers, anxious souls. They exist in a twilight realm-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.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Classic Edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: New. In English.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 281 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 242. . 2012. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.