Lucia Berlin

A Manual for Cleaning Women

Selected Stories
Herausgeber: Emerson, Stephen

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A MANUAL FOR CLEANING WOMEN compiles the best work of the legendary short-story writer Lucia Berlin.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: St Martins Pr
• Seitenzahl: 403
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 207mm x 138mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 334g
• ISBN-13: 9781250094735
• ISBN-10: 1250094739
• Artikelnr.: 43677651

Autorenporträt

Lucia Berlin; Edited by Stephen Emerson; Foreword by Lydia Davis

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Foreword: "The Story Is the Thing" by Lydia Davis vii
Introduction by Stephen Emerson xix
Angel's Laundromat / 3
Dr. H. A. Moynihan / 9
Stars and Saints / 17
A Manual for Cleaning Women / 26
My Jockey / 39
El Tim / 41
Point of View / 51
Her First Detox / 56
Phantom Pain / 61
Tiger Bites / 69
Emergency Room Notebook, 1977 / 88
Temps Perdu / 98
Carpe Diem / 106
Toda Luna, Todo Año / 110
Good and Bad / 125
Melina / 137
Friends / 145
Unmanageable / 151
Electric Car, El Paso / 155
Sex Appeal / 159
Teenage Punk / 164
Step / 167
Strays / 170
Grief / 179
Bluebonnets / 194
La Vie en Rose / 203
Macadam / 210
Dear Conchi / 211
Fool to Cry / 221
Mourning / 236
Panteón de Dolores / 242
So Long / 252
A Love Affair / 261
Let Me See You Smile / 272
Mama / 303
Carmen / 310
Silence / 320
Mijito / 333
502 / 356
Here It Is Saturday / 363
B.F. and Me / 376
Wait a Minute / 380
Homing / 388
A Note on Lucia Berlin / 401
Acknowledgments / 405