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Indelicacy

Amina Cain

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#4280 of 8,085 books · #2107 in Fiction

Shortlisted for the Writers' Prize (2021).

In a strangely ageless world somewhere between Emily Dickinson and David Lynch, a cleaning woman at a museum of art nurtures aspirations to do more than simply dust the paintings around her. She dreams of having the liberty to explore them in writing, and so must find a way to win herself the time and security to use her mind. She escapes her lot by marrying a rich man, but having gained a husband, a house, high society, and a maid, she finds that her new life of privilege is no less constrained. Not only has she taken up different forms of time-consuming labor—social and erotic—but she is now, however passively, forcing other women to clean up after her. Perhaps another and more drastic solution is necessary?

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Publisher
Daunt Books
ISBN-13
9781541442467
Genre
Fiction
Topics
Women's autonomy and ambitionClass and privilegeLabor and creative freedom

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