- Fiction, psychological, Fiction, women, American literature, New York Times reviewed
"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.
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Prestige, contemplative, grave and intimate.
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Amina Cain
- First published
- 2020
- Pages
- 176
- Publisher
- Picador, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Daunt Books
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781541442467
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