Indelicacy

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In an undefined era and place, a cleaning woman at a museum of art aspires to do more than simply dust the paintings around her. She dreams of having the security and time to use her mind, and the liberty to be a writer.

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 labour social and erotic but she is now, however passively, forcing other women to clean up after her. Perhaps a more drastic solution is necessary?

Reminiscent of a lost Victorian classic in miniature, Indelicacy is at once a ghost story without a ghost, a fable without a moral and an exploration of the barriers faced by women in both life and literature.

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Description

Amina Cain (Author)
Format:Paperback / softback 168 pages
Publisher:Daunt Books
Imprint:Daunt Books
ISBN:9781911547587
Published:2 Jul 2020
Classifications:Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Readership:General (US: Trade)
Weight:200g
Dimensions:130 x 197 x 18 (mm)

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