A Manual For Cleaning Women Selected Stories

Binding: Paperback
Description: " Stories from a lost American classic "in the same arena as Alice Munro" (Lydia Davis) " 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 her trademark blend of humor and melancholy Berlin crafts miracles from the everyday - - uncovering moments of grace in the cafeterias and Laundromats of the American Southwest in the homes of the Northern California upper classes and from the perspective of a cleaning woman alone in a hotel dining room in Mexico City. The women of Berlin's stories are lost but they are also strong clever and extraordinarily real. They are hitchhikers hard workers bad Christians. With the wit of Lorrie Moore and the grit of Raymond Carver they navigate a world of jockeys doctors and switchboard operators. They laugh they mourn they drink. Berlin a highly influential writer despite having published little in her lifetime conjures these women from California Mexico and beyond. Lovers of the short story will not want to miss this remarkable collection from a master of the form" - -
Title: A Manual For Cleaning Women Selected Stories
Author(s): Berlin Lucia
Publisher: Picador
Barcode: 9781250094735
Pages: 432 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 8/2/2016
Category: Short Stories