{"product_id":"una-nueva-vida-a-new-life","title":"Una nueva vida \/ A New Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;laquo;Descubrir a Lucia Berlin fue como dar con un alma gemela\u0026amp;raquo;. -Pedro Almod\u0026amp;oacute;var, Babelia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Este volumen, preparado en exclusiva por su hijo Jeff Berlin para los lectores en espa\u0026amp;ntilde;ol, re\u0026amp;uacute;ne quince relatos in\u0026amp;eacute;ditos en nuestro idioma, diez de ellos publicados originalmente en sus libros de cuentos, pero no incluidos en \u003ci\u003eManual para mujeres de la limpieza \u003c\/i\u003eni en \u003ci\u003eUna noche en el para\u0026amp;iacute;so\u003c\/i\u003e; algunos solo aparecidos en revistas, como el impactante \u0026amp;laquo;\u003ci\u003eSuicidio\u003c\/i\u003e\u0026amp;raquo;, y otros totalmente in\u0026amp;eacute;ditos, como \u0026amp;laquo;\u003ci\u003eManzanas\u003c\/i\u003e\u0026amp;raquo;, su\u003cbr\u003e primer cuento, y \u0026amp;laquo;\u003ci\u003eLas aves del templo\u003c\/i\u003e\u0026amp;raquo;. Tambi\u0026amp;eacute;n, una serie de reveladores art\u0026amp;iacute;culos, ensayos \u0026amp;mdash;entre los que se encuentra \u0026amp;laquo;\u003ci\u003eBloqueada\u003c\/i\u003e\u0026amp;raquo;\u0026amp;mdash; y extractos de sus diarios nunca publicados. Jeff Berlin nos brinda informaci\u0026amp;oacute;n privilegiada sobre los textos y su g\u0026amp;eacute;nesis, adem\u0026amp;aacute;s de un breve recorrido final por la vida de Lucia.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Como escribe Sara Mesa en el pr\u0026amp;oacute;logo que abre este libro \u0026amp;uacute;nico, \u0026amp;laquo;leer estos textos in\u0026amp;eacute;ditos es asistir a la transustanciaci\u0026amp;oacute;n de la vida en ficci\u0026amp;oacute;n. [\u0026amp;hellip;] Un privilegio\u0026amp;raquo;. La emoci\u0026amp;oacute;n, la ternura, la iron\u0026amp;iacute;a te\u0026amp;ntilde;ida de dolor y melancol\u0026amp;iacute;a, la vida misma retratada con su estilo inconfundible, y los temas que le son tan propios: el amor, la maternidad, el sexo, la amistad y rivalidad entre mujeres, la literatura y, como nunca antes, la muerte se dan cita en estas p\u0026amp;aacute;ginas que nos invitan a descubrir o redescubrir a quien, tras a\u0026amp;ntilde;os de injusto olvido, es hoy una autora de culto a la altura de Carver y Bukowski, reverenciada por la prensa, los libreros, los escritores y los lectores.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;laquo;Lucia Berlin pas\u0026amp;oacute; su vida en la oscuridad. Ahora se la reverencia como a un genio literario\u0026amp;raquo;. -Brigit Katz, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eENGLISH DESCRIPTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;ldquo;Reading Lucia Berlin was like discovering a kindred spirit.\u0026amp;rdquo; -Pedro Almod\u0026amp;oacute;var, \u003ci\u003eBabelia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This volume, curated for Spanish-language readers by the author\u0026amp;rsquo;s son, Jeff Berlin, is a compilation of fifteen stories, ten published originally in short story collections but not included in \u003ci\u003eManual para mujeres de la limpieza \u003c\/i\u003e[The Cleaning Women\u0026amp;rsquo;s Manual] or \u003ci\u003eUna noche en el para\u0026amp;iacute;so\u003c\/i\u003e [A Night in Paradise]; some printed in magazines, including the powerful \u0026amp;ldquo;\u003ci\u003eSuicidio\u003c\/i\u003e\u0026amp;rdquo; [Suicide]; and others not seen before, such as \u0026amp;ldquo;\u003ci\u003eManzanas\u003c\/i\u003e\u0026amp;rdquo; [Apples], her first story, and \u0026amp;ldquo;\u003ci\u003eLas aves del templo\u003c\/i\u003e\u0026amp;rdquo; [The Temple Birds]. Complementing them is a selection of articles and essays, among them the revealing \u0026amp;ldquo;\u003ci\u003eBloqueada\u003c\/i\u003e\u0026amp;rdquo; [Blocked], and extracts of the author\u0026amp;rsquo;s never-before published diaries. Jeff Berlin provides insider information about the texts and their genesis, as well as a brief overview of Lucia\u0026amp;rsquo;s life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e As Sara Mesa writes in her prologue to this unique collection, \u0026amp;ldquo;reading these never-before published texts is to witness the transubstantiation of life into fiction [\u0026amp;hellip;] A privilege.\u0026amp;rdquo; Emotion, tenderness, irony tinged with pain and melancholy; life itself, recounted in Berlin\u0026amp;rsquo;s unmistakable style; and the topics characteristic of her writing \u0026amp;ndash; love, motherhood, sex, female friendships and rivalries, literature and, more than ever, death \u0026amp;ndash; come together in these pages, inviting us to discover (or rediscover, as the case may be) an author who, after years of undeserved neglect, now ranks as a cult figure the likes of Carver and Bukowski, revered by critics, booksellers, fellow writers and readers.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u0026amp;ldquo;Lucia Berlin spent her life in obscurity. 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