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Evening in Paradise: More Stories (MP3 CD)

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By Lucia Berlin, Kyla Garcia (Read by)
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An absolutely masterful writer of short stories, Lucia Berlin has recently found widespread posthumous acclaim.  The stories contained in this most recent volume of her work are observant, funny, touching, and full of life.  Berlin's fiction borrows heavily from her own experiences, which brings a relatable truth to the lives of her protagonists, and her stunning prose is particularly effective at capturing feelings of alienation and loneliness.  Her work is not to be missed.

— Kelly

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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.



Product Details
ISBN: 9781538586730
ISBN-10: 1538586738
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Publication Date: November 6th, 2018
Language: English