About the author

Lucia Brown Berlin (November 12, 1936 – November 12, 2004) was an American short story writer. She had a small, devoted following, but did not reach a mass audience during her lifetime. She rose to sudden literary fame eleven years after her death, in August 2015, with Farrar, Straus and Giroux's publication of a volume of selected stories, A Manual for Cleaning Women, edited by Stephen Emerson. It hit The New York Times bestseller list in its second week, and within a few weeks, had outsold all her previous books combined. The collection was ineligible for most of the year-end awards (either because she was deceased, or it was recollected material), but was named to a large number of year-end lists, including the New York Times Book Review's "10 Best Books of 2015." It was also a finalist for the Kirkus Prize.

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Håndbog for rengøringskoner

Med rå humor og en helt særegen hverdagspoesi skildrer Lucia Berlin hårdtarbejdende kvinder: rengøringskoner, sygeplejersker, omstillingsdamer og alkoholiserede alenemødre. Det er knivskarpe noveller om fattigdom, misbrug, menneskelighed, kærlighed, uvidenhed – og overlevelse.

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Publish date04 Jul 2018
Published byGyldendal
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ISBN audio9788702220711