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Best known for her short fiction, it was upon publication of A Manual for Cleaning Women in 2015 that Lucia Berlin's status as a great American writer was widely celebrated. To populate her stories - the places, relationships, the sentiments - Berlin often drew on her own rich, itinerant life.Before Berlin died, she was working on a book of previously unpublished autobiographical sketches called Welcome Home. The work consisted of more than tw...

Berlin probably deserved a Pulitzer Prize." -Dwight Garner, The New York TimesNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE. Named one of the Best Books of 2018 by The Boston Globe, Kirkus, and Lit Hub. Named a Fall Read by Buzzfeed, ELLE, TIME, Nylon, The Boston Globe, Vulture, Newsday, HuffPost, Bustle, The A.V. Club, The Millions, BUST, Reinfery29, Fast Company and MyDomaine. A collection of previously uncompiled stories from the short-story m...

As the case with her fiction, Berlin's pieces here are as faceted as the brightest diamond." --Kristin Iversen, NYLONNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE. Named a Fall Read by Buzzfeed, Vulture, Newsday and HuffPostA compilation of sketches, photographs, and letters, Welcome Home is an essential nonfiction companion to the stories by Lucia BerlinBefore Lucia Berlin died, she was working on a book of previously unpublished autobiographica...

Lucia Berlins Erzählungen, die zu den schönsten literarischen Wiederentdeckungen der letzten Jahre gehören, gehen auch deshalb so unter die Haut, weil sich in ihnen ihr eigenes wechselvolles Leben spiegelt. 18 Mal zog sie um, wurde mit 32 Jahren als Mutter von vier Söhnen bereits zum dritten Mal geschieden, war nirgends richtig zu Hause. Kurz vor ihrem Tod 2004 schrieb sie an einem Buch, das mehr als 20 kurze autobiografische Texte enthält, ch...

Before Lucia Berlin died, she was working on a book of previously unpublished autobiographical sketches called Welcome Home. The work consisted of more than twenty chapters that started in 1936 in Alaska and ended (prematurely) in 1966 in southern Mexico. In our publication of Welcome Home, her son, Jeff Berlin, is filling in the gaps with photos and letters from her eventful, romantic, and tragic life.

Evening in Paradise is a careful selection from the remaining Berlin stories--a jewel box follow-up for Lucia Berlin's hungry fans.

A "NEW YORK TIMES "BESTSELLER"In the field of short fiction, Lucia Berlin is one of America's best kept secrets. That's it. Flat out. No mitigating conditions."--Paul Metcalf "A Manual for Cleaning Women" compiles the best work of the legendary short-story writer Lucia Berlin. With the grit of Raymond Carver, the humor of Grace Paley, and a blend of wit and melancholy all her own, Berlin crafts miracles from the everyday, uncovering moments of...

Niemals aufgeben: ein Buch voller zweiter Chancen Alleinerziehende Mütter, Alkoholikerinnen auf Entzug, Haushaltshilfen, Krankenschwestern und Sekretärinnen - Lucia Berlin erzählt von unterprivilegierten Frauen, die um ein besseres Leben kämpfen. In Waschsalons, Cafés und Restaurants, Krankenhäusern und Arztpraxen zeigen sich die kleinen Wunder des Lebens oder entwickeln sich herzzerreißende Tragödien, denen die Autorin mal mit abgründigem Hum...

Manual para mujeres de la limpieza, el libro de cuentos de Lucia Berlin, ha sido galardonado con el XVII premio Llibreter en la categoría otras literaturas. La distinción es concedida por el Gremio de Libreros de Cataluña con el objetivo de destacar y reconocer la calidad y la significación de diferentes títulos, en medio de la gran oferta disponible, para favorecer su difusión, mediante su promoción en librerías. Han sido premiados en otras c...