5/29/2023 0 Comments Indelicacy amina cain reviewReminiscent 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. Perhaps a more drastic solution is necessary? 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. 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 security and time to use her mind, and the liberty to be a writer. 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. 'Cain has conjured a protagonist who purged my mind and filled my heart.' - Claire-Louise Bennett, author of PondĪ ghostly feminist fable about class, desire, friendship and the battle to find one's true calling.
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