A manual for cleaning women : selected stories

The Resource A manual for cleaning women : selected stories
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A manual for cleaning women : selected stories
Title remainder
selected stories
Statement of responsibility
Lucia Berlin ; edited and with an introduction by Stephen Emerson ; foreword by Lydia Davis
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Language
eng
Summary
"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" --
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Cataloging source
TEFOD
Dewey number
813/.54
Index
no index present
LC call number
PS3552.E72485
LC item number
A6 2015eb
Literary form
short stories
Nature of contents
dictionaries
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