Janitor's Manual
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Book Introduction
A literary genius who emerged 11 years after his death,
Lucia Berlin's short story collection published for the first time in Korea
“It’s okay if you didn’t know Lucia Berlin until now.
How fortunate I am to be able to read it now.
“The humor and melancholy that sparkle like gentle waves, the vivid descriptions and elegant composition make you feel the essence of a short story.”
- Novelist Kim Yeon-su
"The Janitor's Manual" is a collection of short stories by legendary short story writer Lucia Berlin.
In this collection, we encounter the miraculous everyday life of Lucia Berlin, with her own wit and pathos, and the grit of Raymond Carver and the humor of Grace Paley.
You will be captivated by this remarkable collection of short story writing from the master of the short story.
And you'll find yourself asking yourself, "Why didn't I know about this author until now?"
Lucia Berlin's short story collection published for the first time in Korea
“It’s okay if you didn’t know Lucia Berlin until now.
How fortunate I am to be able to read it now.
“The humor and melancholy that sparkle like gentle waves, the vivid descriptions and elegant composition make you feel the essence of a short story.”
- Novelist Kim Yeon-su
"The Janitor's Manual" is a collection of short stories by legendary short story writer Lucia Berlin.
In this collection, we encounter the miraculous everyday life of Lucia Berlin, with her own wit and pathos, and the grit of Raymond Carver and the humor of Grace Paley.
You will be captivated by this remarkable collection of short story writing from the master of the short story.
And you'll find yourself asking yourself, "Why didn't I know about this author until now?"
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index
Angel Laundry · 9
H.
A. Moynihan Dental Clinic · 19
Stars and Adults · 31
Janitor's Manual · 45
My Rider · 65
El Team · 69
Viewpoint · 83
Her First Detox Treatment · 91
Phantom Pain · 99
Being bitten by a tiger · 111
Emergency Room Memoirs 1977 · 137
Lost Time · 151
Carpe Diem · 163
All the Months and All the Years · 171
Good and Evil · 193
Melina · 211
Friends · 223
Out of Control · 231
Electric Car, El Paso · 237
Sex Appeal · 243
Juvenile delinquents · 251
Step 255
Stray Dogs: Lost Souls · 261
Sadness · 275
Bluebonnet · 295
A Rose-Colored Life · 309
Macadam · 319
To Conchi · 321
If You Cry, You're a Fool · 335
Mourning · 357
Dolores Cemetery · 367
Hello · 381
Love Affair · 395
Show me your smile · 411
Mom · 457
Carmen · 469
Silence · 483
My Baby · 503
502 · 535
It's Saturday · 545
B.
F. and I · 565
Wait a minute · 573
Regression · 585
About the Author · 605
Postscript: The Story Matters_Lydia Davis · 609
Editorial Note_Stephen Emerson · 627
Acknowledgments · 635
Translator's Note: Writing for the Homecoming · 637
H.
A. Moynihan Dental Clinic · 19
Stars and Adults · 31
Janitor's Manual · 45
My Rider · 65
El Team · 69
Viewpoint · 83
Her First Detox Treatment · 91
Phantom Pain · 99
Being bitten by a tiger · 111
Emergency Room Memoirs 1977 · 137
Lost Time · 151
Carpe Diem · 163
All the Months and All the Years · 171
Good and Evil · 193
Melina · 211
Friends · 223
Out of Control · 231
Electric Car, El Paso · 237
Sex Appeal · 243
Juvenile delinquents · 251
Step 255
Stray Dogs: Lost Souls · 261
Sadness · 275
Bluebonnet · 295
A Rose-Colored Life · 309
Macadam · 319
To Conchi · 321
If You Cry, You're a Fool · 335
Mourning · 357
Dolores Cemetery · 367
Hello · 381
Love Affair · 395
Show me your smile · 411
Mom · 457
Carmen · 469
Silence · 483
My Baby · 503
502 · 535
It's Saturday · 545
B.
F. and I · 565
Wait a minute · 573
Regression · 585
About the Author · 605
Postscript: The Story Matters_Lydia Davis · 609
Editorial Note_Stephen Emerson · 627
Acknowledgments · 635
Translator's Note: Writing for the Homecoming · 637
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Into the book
I took my clothes to the table, checked Tony's clothes, and inserted another coin.
There were only Tony and me in the Angel Laundry.
I looked at my hands and eyes reflected in the mirror.
Pretty blue eyes.
I've been on a yacht off the coast of Viña del Mar.
At that time, I borrowed my first cigarette in my life and asked Prince Ali Khan to light it for me.
He said, “Enchant.”
He actually had no matches.
--- From "Angel's Laundry"
One day he said he loved me because I was like San Pablo Avenue.
Terry was like a Berkeley dump.
I wish there was a bus that goes to the scrapyard.
We went there when we missed New Mexico.
In a barren and windy place, seagulls soar high like desert hawks.
There, you can see the open sky above your head and in all directions.
Garbage trucks pass by, raising swirls of dust and making a thunderous noise.
Gray dinosaurs.
--- From the "Janitorial Manual"
I remembered my mother's gaze, which never missed a thing.
Gaze.
Our mothers imprinted that on us.
But I didn't listen.
If we talked about something for about five minutes, my mom would immediately say, “Enough!”
--- From "Dolores Cemetery"
Well, my roommate Ella won't read my writing.
I wish we could get along well.
Her mom sends her sanitary pads from Oklahoma every month.
Ella is a theater major.
But, man, how am I supposed to play Lady Macbeth if I get so worked up over something bloody?
--- From "To Conchi"
It was a bitterly cold night.
Ben and Keith fell asleep with me in our winter clothes.
The sound of the outer soles flapping in the wind was loud.
Outsoles that would have been worn in Herman Melville's time.
It was Sunday so there were no cars passing by.
A sailmaker drove by in his carriage.
Tick, tick.
As the sleet pitter-pattered against the window, Max got a phone call.
hello.
I'm at the phone booth on the corner of your street.
He brought a bouquet of roses, a bottle of brandy, and four plane tickets to Acapulco.
I woke the kids and left with him.
--- From "Hello"
What on earth is marriage? I can't figure it out.
But now there's one more thing I don't know.
death.
--- From "Hello"
My mother always paid attention to clothes.
Garter belt.
Seamed stockings.
I also wear a peach satin slip to show a little bit of it on purpose.
I just wanted the farmers to know that my mom was wearing it.
Chiffon dress with shoulder pads, brooch with small diamonds.
And there's a coat too.
I was only five years old, but even then I knew it was an old, shabby coat.
--- From "Dolores Cemetery"
We climbed to high ground.
The wide valley and Rio Grande River spread out below, and the beautiful Sandia Mountains stretched above.
“Sir, I need money to buy a bus ticket home to Baton Rouge.
“Could you give me about $60?”
“Don’t worry.
You need a ticket and I need a drink.
“Everything will be okay.”
--- From "Stray Dogs: Lost Souls"
(B.
F.) He was panting and groaning after climbing only three steps.
He was a tall, very fat man, and quite old.
He smelled like this from the moment he was out there catching his breath.
The smell of cigarettes, dirty wool, and the pungent smell of alcohol-containing sweat.
Bloodshot, yet smiling, light blue eyes.
I liked him at first sight.
--- 「B.
From "F. and Me"
Actually, I didn't know anything about sex appeal.
The sex itself seemed to involve some crazy passion.
The cats showed a keen interest in everything.
When watching the movie, all the actors seemed to be engrossed in it.
Bette Davis and Barbara Stanwyck were absolutely mischievous.
My sister and her friends all wore their hair up high in the bangs and sat hunched over in the Court Cafe, blowing cigarette smoke out of their nostrils like angry dragons.
There were only Tony and me in the Angel Laundry.
I looked at my hands and eyes reflected in the mirror.
Pretty blue eyes.
I've been on a yacht off the coast of Viña del Mar.
At that time, I borrowed my first cigarette in my life and asked Prince Ali Khan to light it for me.
He said, “Enchant.”
He actually had no matches.
--- From "Angel's Laundry"
One day he said he loved me because I was like San Pablo Avenue.
Terry was like a Berkeley dump.
I wish there was a bus that goes to the scrapyard.
We went there when we missed New Mexico.
In a barren and windy place, seagulls soar high like desert hawks.
There, you can see the open sky above your head and in all directions.
Garbage trucks pass by, raising swirls of dust and making a thunderous noise.
Gray dinosaurs.
--- From the "Janitorial Manual"
I remembered my mother's gaze, which never missed a thing.
Gaze.
Our mothers imprinted that on us.
But I didn't listen.
If we talked about something for about five minutes, my mom would immediately say, “Enough!”
--- From "Dolores Cemetery"
Well, my roommate Ella won't read my writing.
I wish we could get along well.
Her mom sends her sanitary pads from Oklahoma every month.
Ella is a theater major.
But, man, how am I supposed to play Lady Macbeth if I get so worked up over something bloody?
--- From "To Conchi"
It was a bitterly cold night.
Ben and Keith fell asleep with me in our winter clothes.
The sound of the outer soles flapping in the wind was loud.
Outsoles that would have been worn in Herman Melville's time.
It was Sunday so there were no cars passing by.
A sailmaker drove by in his carriage.
Tick, tick.
As the sleet pitter-pattered against the window, Max got a phone call.
hello.
I'm at the phone booth on the corner of your street.
He brought a bouquet of roses, a bottle of brandy, and four plane tickets to Acapulco.
I woke the kids and left with him.
--- From "Hello"
What on earth is marriage? I can't figure it out.
But now there's one more thing I don't know.
death.
--- From "Hello"
My mother always paid attention to clothes.
Garter belt.
Seamed stockings.
I also wear a peach satin slip to show a little bit of it on purpose.
I just wanted the farmers to know that my mom was wearing it.
Chiffon dress with shoulder pads, brooch with small diamonds.
And there's a coat too.
I was only five years old, but even then I knew it was an old, shabby coat.
--- From "Dolores Cemetery"
We climbed to high ground.
The wide valley and Rio Grande River spread out below, and the beautiful Sandia Mountains stretched above.
“Sir, I need money to buy a bus ticket home to Baton Rouge.
“Could you give me about $60?”
“Don’t worry.
You need a ticket and I need a drink.
“Everything will be okay.”
--- From "Stray Dogs: Lost Souls"
(B.
F.) He was panting and groaning after climbing only three steps.
He was a tall, very fat man, and quite old.
He smelled like this from the moment he was out there catching his breath.
The smell of cigarettes, dirty wool, and the pungent smell of alcohol-containing sweat.
Bloodshot, yet smiling, light blue eyes.
I liked him at first sight.
--- 「B.
From "F. and Me"
Actually, I didn't know anything about sex appeal.
The sex itself seemed to involve some crazy passion.
The cats showed a keen interest in everything.
When watching the movie, all the actors seemed to be engrossed in it.
Bette Davis and Barbara Stanwyck were absolutely mischievous.
My sister and her friends all wore their hair up high in the bangs and sat hunched over in the Court Cafe, blowing cigarette smoke out of their nostrils like angry dragons.
--- From "Sex Appeal"
Publisher's Review
11 years after his death,
A great novelist who captivated the world!
In 2015, a novel by an unfamiliar author suddenly appeared on the New York Times bestseller list.
The book that surpassed popular authors and became a bestseller within two weeks of its publication and even won the honor of being named one of the New York Times' Top 10 Books of the Year was the short story collection "A Manual for Cleaning Women" by unknown author Lucia Berlin.
In 2004, eleven years after her death at the age of 68, Lucia Berlin became a literal sensation.
Hailed as a "lost genius," The Janitor's Manual has been loved by countless readers around the world, and has been praised by leading media and literary circles, including The New York Times Book Review, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, BuzzFeed, Bustle, The Millions, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, The Guardian, Newsday, The Paris Review-Daily, The Independent (London), Publisher's Weekly, and Kirkus Reviews.
Just as novelist John Williams, who was unknown at the time, received explosive love 20 years after his death for his work Stoner, Lucia Berlin's work was also discovered after her death, and countless readers are enjoying the joy of discovering a hidden gem that no one knew about.
Lucia Berlin, who was especially loved by writers, interacted with many writers, including Nobel Prize winner Saul Bellow and Man Booker Prize winner Lydia Davies, who commented in the afterword to The Janitor's Manual, "Her writing brings to mind a virtuoso pianist, pedaling with both feet and deftly pounding on various snare drums, snare drums, and cymbals."
American novelist Stephen Emerson, who wrote the preface to this anthology and was in charge of anthologizing this book, also tells us in his afterword what a lovely writer she was.
Chew it like a strong chewing tobacco and spit it out.
This is everyone's 'life' story
The short story collection "The Janitor's Manual," which contains the best works of legendary short story writer Lucia Berlin, is noteworthy for several reasons.
Lucia Berlin, like Raymond Carver, wrote about the poor and the drug-addicted, and like Annie Proulx, she depicted the American West with remarkable precision.
Lucia Berlin, a Beat Generation writer, recorded her emotional reactions to her surroundings and, unlike most male cohorts, poured her own desperate life into creating a realistic narrative.
This narrative, coupled with recent movements to reclaim the narrative of modern women and the popularity of autobiographical fiction, has led to the rediscovery of Lucia Berlin.
Her work features female narrators who follow the orders of others (males) rather than their own will, and their stories are tragic, yet humorous and melancholic.
The emotions are extreme, but the language is unadorned, the sentences are fragmentary, and the writing is refreshing.
Expresses both complex and trivial emotions with minimal words.
So her story is rich enough to be tactile, yet it feels comforting and like a journey home.
Her writing connects with the irrepressible properties of humanity, space, food, smell, color, and language, and the feeling conveyed to the reader is positive, regardless of whether the events or emotions in the work are cheerful or not.
This cheerful tone brings Lucia Berlin's work to life.
Some readers call her short stories 'black humor', but her humor is different from typical black humor in that it has no hidden intention.
Nathaniel West: Unlike Kafka's humor, Lucia Berlin's humor is pure and lively.
Discover the genius writer we love!
Long-hidden gems of autobiographical fragments
The colorful life and the heroic struggle to escape from misfortune, especially alcoholism, became the subject of Lucia Berlin's short stories.
She wrote 76 short stories throughout her life, many of which were based on real events that happened to her.
Just like the author Park Wan-seo, who suffered from the pain of a close relative, she also took her miserable life and turned it into a gem called an autobiographical novel.
Lucia Berlin was born in Alaska in 1936.
He spent his childhood in Idaho, Kentucky, and Montana, following his father who worked in the mining industry. When his father went to war in 1941, he moved with his mother to his maternal grandparents' house in El Paso, where he spent his childhood. After the war, his father and family moved to Santiago, Chile, where they lived a glamorous life for 25 years.
When she made her social debut and smoked her first cigarette, it was Prince Ali Khan who lit it for her (Ali Khan was a prince of Pakistan and also the husband of actress Rita Hayworth).
Fluent in Spanish thanks to living in the U.S.-Mexico border region and in Chile, she began writing while studying under novelist Ramón Sender.
And she met sculptor and jazz musician Race Newton and Buddy Berlin, and married and divorced three times.
Since 1968, she has raised four sons, worked as a high school teacher, telephone operator, hospital clerk, and medical assistant, and published short stories in magazines large and small.
However, because I had to support myself, I never had the courage to write a long novel.
(He is said to have written two novels, but he burned one and the whereabouts of the other are unknown.)
Berlin never stopped writing throughout his life.
However, as his health deteriorated in his old age, he was forced to retire in 2000.
(Diagnosed at age 10 with scoliosis, she had to wear a steel brace her entire life, and the pain followed her until the end of her life. The scoliosis also caused a punctured lung, forcing her to rely on an oxygen tank from the mid-1990s.) She also fought and beat cancer, but died in Marina del Rey on her 68th birthday in 2004.
As Lydia Davis believed, "A first-rate writer will always rise like the cream of the crop and become famous," so discerning readers will find great reward in this collection of short stories.
In "The Janitor's Manual," we encounter a miraculous everyday life, combining Raymond Carver's grit, Grace Paley's humor, and Lucia Berlin's own wit and pathos.
You will be captivated by this amazing collection of short story writing from the master of the short story.
And you'll find yourself asking yourself, "Why didn't I know about this author until now?"
A great novelist who captivated the world!
In 2015, a novel by an unfamiliar author suddenly appeared on the New York Times bestseller list.
The book that surpassed popular authors and became a bestseller within two weeks of its publication and even won the honor of being named one of the New York Times' Top 10 Books of the Year was the short story collection "A Manual for Cleaning Women" by unknown author Lucia Berlin.
In 2004, eleven years after her death at the age of 68, Lucia Berlin became a literal sensation.
Hailed as a "lost genius," The Janitor's Manual has been loved by countless readers around the world, and has been praised by leading media and literary circles, including The New York Times Book Review, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, BuzzFeed, Bustle, The Millions, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, The Guardian, Newsday, The Paris Review-Daily, The Independent (London), Publisher's Weekly, and Kirkus Reviews.
Just as novelist John Williams, who was unknown at the time, received explosive love 20 years after his death for his work Stoner, Lucia Berlin's work was also discovered after her death, and countless readers are enjoying the joy of discovering a hidden gem that no one knew about.
Lucia Berlin, who was especially loved by writers, interacted with many writers, including Nobel Prize winner Saul Bellow and Man Booker Prize winner Lydia Davies, who commented in the afterword to The Janitor's Manual, "Her writing brings to mind a virtuoso pianist, pedaling with both feet and deftly pounding on various snare drums, snare drums, and cymbals."
American novelist Stephen Emerson, who wrote the preface to this anthology and was in charge of anthologizing this book, also tells us in his afterword what a lovely writer she was.
Chew it like a strong chewing tobacco and spit it out.
This is everyone's 'life' story
The short story collection "The Janitor's Manual," which contains the best works of legendary short story writer Lucia Berlin, is noteworthy for several reasons.
Lucia Berlin, like Raymond Carver, wrote about the poor and the drug-addicted, and like Annie Proulx, she depicted the American West with remarkable precision.
Lucia Berlin, a Beat Generation writer, recorded her emotional reactions to her surroundings and, unlike most male cohorts, poured her own desperate life into creating a realistic narrative.
This narrative, coupled with recent movements to reclaim the narrative of modern women and the popularity of autobiographical fiction, has led to the rediscovery of Lucia Berlin.
Her work features female narrators who follow the orders of others (males) rather than their own will, and their stories are tragic, yet humorous and melancholic.
The emotions are extreme, but the language is unadorned, the sentences are fragmentary, and the writing is refreshing.
Expresses both complex and trivial emotions with minimal words.
So her story is rich enough to be tactile, yet it feels comforting and like a journey home.
Her writing connects with the irrepressible properties of humanity, space, food, smell, color, and language, and the feeling conveyed to the reader is positive, regardless of whether the events or emotions in the work are cheerful or not.
This cheerful tone brings Lucia Berlin's work to life.
Some readers call her short stories 'black humor', but her humor is different from typical black humor in that it has no hidden intention.
Nathaniel West: Unlike Kafka's humor, Lucia Berlin's humor is pure and lively.
Discover the genius writer we love!
Long-hidden gems of autobiographical fragments
The colorful life and the heroic struggle to escape from misfortune, especially alcoholism, became the subject of Lucia Berlin's short stories.
She wrote 76 short stories throughout her life, many of which were based on real events that happened to her.
Just like the author Park Wan-seo, who suffered from the pain of a close relative, she also took her miserable life and turned it into a gem called an autobiographical novel.
Lucia Berlin was born in Alaska in 1936.
He spent his childhood in Idaho, Kentucky, and Montana, following his father who worked in the mining industry. When his father went to war in 1941, he moved with his mother to his maternal grandparents' house in El Paso, where he spent his childhood. After the war, his father and family moved to Santiago, Chile, where they lived a glamorous life for 25 years.
When she made her social debut and smoked her first cigarette, it was Prince Ali Khan who lit it for her (Ali Khan was a prince of Pakistan and also the husband of actress Rita Hayworth).
Fluent in Spanish thanks to living in the U.S.-Mexico border region and in Chile, she began writing while studying under novelist Ramón Sender.
And she met sculptor and jazz musician Race Newton and Buddy Berlin, and married and divorced three times.
Since 1968, she has raised four sons, worked as a high school teacher, telephone operator, hospital clerk, and medical assistant, and published short stories in magazines large and small.
However, because I had to support myself, I never had the courage to write a long novel.
(He is said to have written two novels, but he burned one and the whereabouts of the other are unknown.)
Berlin never stopped writing throughout his life.
However, as his health deteriorated in his old age, he was forced to retire in 2000.
(Diagnosed at age 10 with scoliosis, she had to wear a steel brace her entire life, and the pain followed her until the end of her life. The scoliosis also caused a punctured lung, forcing her to rely on an oxygen tank from the mid-1990s.) She also fought and beat cancer, but died in Marina del Rey on her 68th birthday in 2004.
As Lydia Davis believed, "A first-rate writer will always rise like the cream of the crop and become famous," so discerning readers will find great reward in this collection of short stories.
In "The Janitor's Manual," we encounter a miraculous everyday life, combining Raymond Carver's grit, Grace Paley's humor, and Lucia Berlin's own wit and pathos.
You will be captivated by this amazing collection of short story writing from the master of the short story.
And you'll find yourself asking yourself, "Why didn't I know about this author until now?"
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: July 20, 2019
- Page count, weight, size: 648 pages | 706g | 140*210*35mm
- ISBN13: 9788901232867
- ISBN10: 8901232863
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