{"product_id":"stay-awake-paperback","title":"Stay Awake - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDan Chaon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post -\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Before the critically acclaimed novels \u003ci\u003eAwait Your Reply \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e You Remind Me of Me, \u003c\/i\u003eDan Chaon made a name for himself as a renowned writer of dazzling short stories. Now, in \u003ci\u003eStay Awake, \u003c\/i\u003e Chaon returns to that form for the first time since his masterly \u003ci\u003eAmong the Missing, \u003c\/i\u003e a finalist for the National Book Award. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 disconnection--and find themselves in unexpected, dire, and sometimes unfathomable situations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dan Chaon's stories 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eStay Awake\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Eerily beautiful . . .  Chaon] is the modern day John Cheever.\"--\u003ci\u003eBoston Sunday Globe \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Powerful and disturbing . . . The shocks in this collection are many.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"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.\"--\u003ci\u003eOmaha World-Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"There are not many fiction writers who can do what Dan Chaon can do. . . .  He is] a literary force.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Intense and suspenseful . . . a highly recommended work, not to be missed.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journa\u003c\/i\u003el (starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Mesmerizing . . . gripping, masterful fiction.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Superbly disquieting.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDon't miss the exclusive conversation between Dan Chaon and Emma Straub at the back of the book.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDan Chaon\u003c\/b\u003e is the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eAmong the Missing, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was a finalist for the National Book Award; \u003ci\u003eYou Remind Me of Me, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was named one of the best books of the year by \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Entertainment Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003eamong other publications; and \u003ci\u003eAwait Your Reply, \u003c\/i\u003e which was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book and appeared on more than a dozen \"Best of the Year\" lists. Chaon's fiction has appeared in many journals and anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories, Pushcart Prize, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The O. Henry Prize Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been a finalist for the National Magazine Award in Fiction, and he was the recipient of the 2006 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Chaon lives in Cleveland, Ohio, and teaches at Oberlin College, where he is the Pauline M. Delaney Professor of Creative Writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 02, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Story Prize (2012)\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Story Prize (2013)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763192463648,"sku":"9780345530387","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ca363543a807f10cd3526185f4e47eaa.webp?v=1780229248","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/stay-awake-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}