Indelicacy

Summary: "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. 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?"--Publisher.

Item details

ISBN: 9780374148379
ISBN: 0374148376
Physical Description: print
161 pages ; 20 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020.
Copyright: ©2020

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Women Fiction
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Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
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Novels.
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