Berlin probably deserved a Pulitzer Prize. --Dwight Garner, The New
York Times
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New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. Named one of the Best
Books of 2018 by The Boston Globe, Kirkus, and Lit Hub.** Named
a Fall Read by Buzzfeed, ELLE, TIME, Nylon, The Boston Globe, Vulture,
Newsday, HuffPost, Bustle, The A.V. Club, The Millions, BUST,
Reinfery29, Fast Company and MyDomaine.
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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.
