Bibliograph

Where I Live Now, Stories: 1993-1998

Type

Label

Where I Live Now, Stories: 1993-1998

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Where I Live Now

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

Stories: 1993-1998

Summary

The New York Times-bestselling author of So Long contemplates the human condition in this short story collection for fans of Grace Paley & Alice Munro. The elusive nature of happiness is a compelling theme in Where I Live Now. The survivors in these stories-many of them society's marginal or excluded people, fighting alcohol or drug addiction, bearing emotional scars-recognize it all too well. They mourn the lost dreams of youth, the roads not taken. They suffer the damage life inflicts: the ache of loneliness, the pain of separation, the fear of death. Set mainly in Los Angeles, Lucia Berlin's gritty working-class stories bridge the gap between the Americas-rich and poor, North and South, Anglo and Hispanic. While her style has been compared to Raymond Carver's, and her dream- and drink-addicted characters to Richard Yates's, her fictional territory and fatalistic humor are hers alone

Target audience

adult

Classification