a manual for cleaning women selected stories

Lovers of the short story will not want to miss this remarkable collection from a master of the form'-Īccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 23:00:47 Associated-names Emerson, Stephen, editor Boxid IA40164422 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Berlin, a highly influential writer despite having published little in her lifetime, conjures these women from California, Mexico, and beyond. With the wit of Lorrie Moore and the grit of Raymond Carver, they navigate a world of jockeys, doctors, and switchboard operators. They are hitchhikers, hard workers, bad Christians. The women of Berlin's stories are lost, but they are also strong, clever, and extraordinarily real.

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.

No mitigating conditions.' -Paul Metcalf A Manual for Cleaning Women compiles the best work of the legendary short-story writer Lucia Berlin. '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.

A manual for cleaning women selected stories