{"product_id":"indelicacy-book-amina-cain-9780374148379","title":"Indelicacy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION'S FIRST NOVEL PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eCain's small but mighty novel reads like a ghost story and packs the punch of a feminist classic.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA haunted feminist fable, Amina Cain's \u003ci\u003eIndelicacy\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a woman navigating between gender and class roles to empower herself and fulfill her dreams.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eher\u003c\/i\u003e. Perhaps another and more drastic solution is necessary?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Reminiscent of a lost Victorian classic in miniature, yet taking equal inspiration from such modern authors as Jean Rhys, Octavia Butler, Clarice Lispector, and Jean Genet, Amina Cain's \u003ci\u003eIndelicacy\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a ghost story without a ghost, a fable without a moral, and a down-to-earth investigation of the barriers faced by women in both life and literature. It is a novel about seeing, class, desire, anxiety, pleasure, friendship, and the battle to find one's true calling.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49527672537361,"sku":"GOR012573065","price":48.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49865587949841,"sku":"CIN0374148376VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49922791211281,"sku":"CIN0374148376G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0374148376.jpg?v=1750813405","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/products\/indelicacy-book-amina-cain-9780374148379","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}