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Evening in paradise : more stories / Lucia Berlin ; foreword by Mark Berlin.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First editionDescription: ix, 244 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780374279486
  • 0374279489
Uniform titles:
  • Short stories. Selections
Related works:
  • Container of (work): Berlin, Lucia. Musical vanity boxes
  • Container of (work): Berlin, Lucia. Sometimes in summer
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
The musical vanity boxes -- Sometimes in summer -- Andado : a Gothic romance -- Dust to dust -- Itinerary -- Lead Street, Albuquerque -- Noël. Texas. 1956 -- The adobe house with a tin roof -- A foggy day -- Cherry blossom time -- Evening in paradise -- La barca de la ilusión -- My life is an open book -- The wives -- Noël, 1974 -- The Pony Bar, Oakland -- Daughters -- Rainy day -- Our brother's keeper -- Lost in the Louvre -- Sombra -- Luna nueva.
Summary: In this collection of short stories, Berlin showcased the gritty glamour that made readers fall in love with her. She finds beauty in the darkest places... and darkness in the seemingly pristine. -- adapted from jacket
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction Berlin, Lucia Available 33111009280997
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"Berlin probably deserved a Pulitzer Prize." --Dwight Garner, The New York Times

New 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 master and literary sensation Lucia Berlin

In 2015, Farrar, Straus and Giroux published A Manual for Cleaning Women , a posthumous story collection by a relatively unknown writer, to wild, widespread acclaim. It was a New York Times bestseller; the paper's Book Review named it one of the Ten Best Books of 2015; and NPR, Time , Entertainment Weekly , The Guardian , The Washington Post , the Chicago Tribune , and other outlets gave the book rave reviews.

The book's author, Lucia Berlin, earned comparisons to Raymond Carver, Grace Paley, Alice Munro, and Anton Chekhov. Evening in Paradise is a careful selection from Berlin's remaining stories--twenty-two gems that showcase the gritty glamour that made readers fall in love with her. From Texas to Chile, Mexico to New York City, Berlin finds beauty in the darkest places and darkness in the seemingly pristine. Evening in Paradise is an essential piece of Berlin's oeuvre, a jewel-box follow-up for new and old fans.

Most stories previously published, 1981-2005.

The musical vanity boxes -- Sometimes in summer -- Andado : a Gothic romance -- Dust to dust -- Itinerary -- Lead Street, Albuquerque -- Noël. Texas. 1956 -- The adobe house with a tin roof -- A foggy day -- Cherry blossom time -- Evening in paradise -- La barca de la ilusión -- My life is an open book -- The wives -- Noël, 1974 -- The Pony Bar, Oakland -- Daughters -- Rainy day -- Our brother's keeper -- Lost in the Louvre -- Sombra -- Luna nueva.

In this collection of short stories, Berlin showcased the gritty glamour that made readers fall in love with her. She finds beauty in the darkest places... and darkness in the seemingly pristine. -- adapted from jacket

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