Cover of Indelicacy

Book 2020

Indelicacy

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Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Language
English
Published
2020
  • Fiction, psychological
  • Fiction, women
  • American literature
  • New York Times reviewed
  • Women
  • Fiction
  • Women cleaning personnel
  • Museums

"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.