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By: Lucia Berlin

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  • CategoryFiction
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Pages244
  • Published2018
  • File size1.1 MB
  • FormatPDF
  • ISBN9780374279486

Key ideas from the book

  • The collection brings together twenty-two stories that had not previously been compiled.
  • The stories range across places including Texas, Chile, Mexico, and New York City.
  • Berlin’s writing pairs gritty glamour with attention to beauty and darkness.
  • The collection offers readers a further selection of Lucia Berlin’s short fiction.

About Evening in Paradise: More Stories by Lucia Berlin

Evening in Paradise gathers twenty-two of Lucia Berlin’s previously uncompiled stories. The selection offers another view of the short-story writer whose work drew wide acclaim after the posthumous publication of A Manual for Cleaning Women.

Berlin’s stories range from Texas to Chile, Mexico, and New York City. The collection is noted for its gritty glamour and for finding beauty in dark places, as well as darkness in settings that seem pristine. It will appeal to readers of literary short fiction, including those discovering Berlin and those looking to read more of her work.

About Lucia Berlin

Lucia Berlin (1936–2004) was an American short-story writer whose fiction drew on her experiences living in places including Alaska, Chile, Mexico, and New Mexico, and working a range of jobs, from teaching to nursing and cleaning. Her stories portray the complications of everyday life with wit, candor, and compassion. A Manual for Cleaning Women, a posthumous collection of her work, brought renewed attention to her writing and introduced many readers to her distinctive voice.

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