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Evening in paradise : more stories / Lucia Berlin.

Author/creator Berlin, Lucia author.
Included WorkBerlin, Lucia. Musical vanity boxes.
Included WorkBerlin, Lucia. Sometimes in summer.
Format Book and Print
EditionFirst edition.
Publication Info New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
Copyright Notice ©2018
Descriptionix, 244 pages ; 22 cm
Subject(s)
Uniform titleShort stories. Selections (Evening in paradise)
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 Ilusion -- 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.
Contents Foreword: the story is the thing / by Mark Berlin -- 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.
Abstract 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.
Abstract "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." -- Publisher's website
Genre/formShort stories.
Genre/formShort stories.
Genre/formFiction.
Genre/formShort stories.
Other titleMusical vanity boxes.
Other titleSometimes in summer.
LCCN 2018002535
ISBN9780374279486 (hardcover)
ISBN0374279489 (hardcover)
Standard identifier# 99978893905

Available Items

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Joyner General Stacks PS3552 .E72485 A6 2018 ✔ Available Place Hold