![]() 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. 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. In a strangely ageless world somewhere between Emily Dickinson and David Lynch (Blake Butler), a cleaning woman at a museum of art nurtures aspirations to do more than simply dust the paintings around her. The New York Times Book ReviewĪ haunted feminist fable, Amina Cain's Indelicacy is the story of a woman navigating between gender and class roles to empower herself and fulfill her dreams. AdamįINALIST FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION'S FIRST NOVEL PRIZEĬain's small but mighty novel reads like a ghost story and packs the punch of a feminist classic. ![]() feels very out of time but also amazingly present to read. ![]() ![]() A perfect, trim little novel about art, boredom, dreams, wanting. ![]()
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