Lucia Berlin - Anoitecer no Paraíso

A couple of years ago, the world literary scene was shaken by a collection of short stories by a missing and almost forgotten writer. It was Manual Para Mulheres de Limpeza. The author, Lucia Berlin, then conquered the place that rightly should have belonged to her before: placing herself among the favorites of critics and readers and earning comparisons to Raymond Carver, Alice Munro, Anton Chekhov, Charles Bukowski.

Berlin's unique ability to depict the beauty and pain of routine, his disarming honesty, his irresistible magnetism, his subtle but unsettling melancholy, his characters so close to life. All this comes across with great intensity in Dusk in Paradise, a collection that is a delight for all readers who have fallen in love with Lucia Berlin or an invitation to those who haven't yet. From Texas to Chile, from Mexico to New York, Lucia Berlin glimpses beauty in the darkest places and senses darkness when everything seems crystal clear.