But only Carver's very final stories share Berlin's eye for the sudden exaltation in ordinary lives, or her ability to shift the tone of an entire story with an unexpected sentence. Her work is being compared to Raymond Carver, for her similar oblique, colloquial style her mordant humour the recurrence of alcoholics and her interest in the lives of working-class or marginalised people. New York Times Lucia Berlin's collection of short stories, A Manual for Cleaning Women, deserves all of the posthumous praise its author has received. John Self, Independent In A Manual for Cleaning Women we witness the emergence of an important American writer, one who was mostly overlooked in her time. Some short story writers Chekhov, Alice Munro, William Trevor sidle up and tap you gently on the shoulder: Come, they murmur, sit down. would blur the real and imaginary-it spans the experiences of a prodigiously hardworking woman. should by all rights see her as lauded as Jean Rhys or Raymond Carver. Major themes are (for Shaona) loneliness, uncertainty, alienation, adaption (for Shen) poverty, hunger, deception, betrayal. Good day, Blanchett fans We have compiled updates on other Cate Blanchett-related projects and causes she supports, ranging from interviews, magazine scans. A Manual for Cleaning Women By Lucia Berlin Cover Image.
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