Berlin, Lucia

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    Safe & Sound
    Lucia Berlin
    Manufacturer: Poltroon Pr
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Paperback
    ASIN: 0918395100

    Book Description

    A dozen short stories by a modern American author who is often compared to Eudora Welty, Raymond Carver and Fielding Dawson.
    So Long: Stories 1987-1992
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Beautiful and Personal
    So Long: Stories 1987-1992
    Lucia Berlin
    Manufacturer: Black Sparrow Press
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Paperback

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    ASIN: 0876858930

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Beautiful and Personal.......2001-01-24

    Lucia Berlin was one of my favorite teachers in college. After taking her creative writing class, I read all of her books. But this one is so beautiful, so candid. Her short stories are flawless and flow into the next. Her descriptions of people and places are right on, although not always lovely. It will leave you with eyes open to the world.
    Homesick: New and Selected Stories
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • heartbreakingly good; spellbinding
    • Amazing stories of extraordinary people inside ordinary shel
    Homesick: New and Selected Stories
    Lucia Berlin
    Manufacturer: Black Sparrow Pr
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Hardcover

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    2. Where I Live Now
    3. The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel

    ASIN: 0876858167

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars heartbreakingly good; spellbinding.......1999-06-06

    As good a collection of short fiction you will ever read, without a doubt. Her stories often hurt you in that very good way, the way you want fiction to make you feel. Her humor perfectly balances and makes possible the heartache, the subtle tragedies she writes about. This collection is one of those books that you simply must read. You will learn from the experience, and you'll never forget.

    5 out of 5 stars Amazing stories of extraordinary people inside ordinary shel.......1999-06-06

    This is one of the best books I've ever read, clearly Berlin's best work to date. She writes about cleaning ladies, jockeys, switchboard operators and alcoholics--all with the sensitivity of someone who knows these people from the inside, yet makes no excuses for them. This is no PC attempt at ennobeling them, it's the real thing: fascinating people scrubbing your floors, who possess beauty, insight, charm and plenty of flaws. Real flaws. Real people. Berlin's writing is luscious and poetic, but her real gift is her uncanny ablility to see right through people, communicate what is noteworthy and illuminating in their lives. After 5 years I've read most of these stories, but still haven't quite finished, because I've found myself rationing them. I've read my favorites over and over, but can't bear the thought of having no one left to discover in her world. Apparently her next book is due very soon. Can't wait, it's been so long.
    Where I Live Now: Stories 1993-1998
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • DARKHORSE OF AMERICAN SHORT FICTION
    • A fascinating collection of stories.
    • Who I Read Now.
    Where I Live Now: Stories 1993-1998
    Lucia Berlin
    Manufacturer: Black Sparrow Books
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Hardcover

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    ASIN: 157423093X

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars DARKHORSE OF AMERICAN SHORT FICTION.......2000-01-18

    As in her other collections, Berlin writes to-the-bone truths in language so simple and clear you won't know what hit you. "Where I Live Now" is as deep and honest as an old scar; it will tempt you to keep sneaking glances at its lumpy form, imagining the pain that put it there - and the impossible healing of which we are all capable.

    5 out of 5 stars A fascinating collection of stories........1999-12-28

    Lucia Berlin is one of the most underappreciated short story writers and her latest collection is full of arresting portraits of women and their families in the contemporary American West.

    4 out of 5 stars Who I Read Now........1999-08-13

    Lucia Berlin's prose sneaks up on you and, with spare simple language, bowls you over. As with her two earlier collections from Black Sparrow, Berlin fills these stories with sad, yet inspiring characters living on or near the fringe of society. We get to see the lives of teachers and nurses, people we usually view only in the context of their work, up close and in alarming detail. Berlin is a joy to read.
    GAS #2
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      GAS #2
      Kevin, and Tom Clark, Editors (Ed Dorn, Charles Bukowski, Howard Hart, T. Walden, Annie Laurie, Elaine Equi, Kirby Doyle, Owen Hill, David Meltzer, Lucia Berlin, Lewis MacAdams et al) OPSTEDAL
      Manufacturer: Gas
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Paperback
      ASIN: B000IZNL44
      Phantom Pain
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        Phantom Pain
        Lucia Berlin
        Manufacturer: Tombouctou Books
        ProductGroup: Book
        Binding: Paperback

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        ASIN: 0939180286
        So Long/Stories 1987-1992: Stories, 1987-1992
        Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
        • excellent collection of short stories
        So Long/Stories 1987-1992: Stories, 1987-1992
        Lucia Berlin
        Manufacturer: David R Godine Pub
        ProductGroup: Book
        Binding: Hardcover

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        ASIN: 0876858957

        Customer Reviews:

        4 out of 5 stars excellent collection of short stories.......2002-09-26

        Terse yet luscious stories recounting the simple and the sweet (or bittersweet) thing we call life. Set in Chile, New Mexico, Oakland, and Mexico. I was going to read it straight through, but forced myself to slow down and savor the stories, one by one.
        GAS #9
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          GAS #9
          Kevin, and Tom Clark, Editors (Joanne Kyger, C. Coolidge, Ted Berrigan, Richard D. Houff, Lucia Berlin, C. Deanovich,, A. Notley, Michael Price, F. A. Nettelbeck, Lewis MacAdams, Hoa Nguyen, Shauna Hannibal, J. Hirschman, D. McNaughton. et al) OPSTEDAL
          Manufacturer: Gas
          ProductGroup: Book
          Binding: Paperback
          ASIN: B000IZM9V0
          Angels Laundromat
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            Angels Laundromat
            Lucia Berlin
            Manufacturer: Turtle Island
            ProductGroup: Book
            Binding: Paperback
            ASIN: B000KYIJAE
            Fragrant Trappings
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              Fragrant Trappings
              Bobbie L. Hawkins
              Manufacturer: Bijou Books
              ProductGroup: Book
              Binding: Paperback
              ASIN: 188762502X

              Book Description

              miniature book (3-1/4" x 4-3/4" format)

              Authors:

              1. Bernanos, Georges
              2. Bernstein, Charles
              3. Berry, Iris
              4. Berry, Wendell
              5. Berryman, John
              6. Berssenbrugge, Mei-Mei
              7. Berton, Pierre
              8. Bester, Alfred
              9. Betjeman, John
              10. Bialosky, Jill

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