Caretaker

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The Caretaker is a wry and haunting tale that follows a peripatetic stranger who assumes dominion over a privately endowed museum dedicated to the annihilation of hierarchy. The st ory is told in an obsessive and matter-of-fact manner, with language that is both cocooning and expansive. It is rare, glistening, and of a compacted inwardness, drawing inspiration from Kafka and Shirley Jackson. Format: Hardback Length: 144 pages Publication date: 02 October 2020 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation After the passing of a renowned and unconventional collector, the author of the influential philosophical work Stuff, which delved into the art of accumulation, the fate of the privately endowed museum he cherished becomes entangled in the hands of a vagabond stranger who had been his ardent admirer. In his newfound role as caretaker of The Society for the Preservation of the Legacy of Dr. Charles Morgan, this restless individual, serving an absentee master, finally discovers his true calling. The peculiar institution under his supervision is devoted to the eradication of hierarchy; peerless antiquities coexist harmoniously with the overlooked, discarded, undervalued, and valueless. The narrative unfolds in an obsessive and matter-of-fact manner, employing language that is both protective and expansive. A wry and haunting tale, The Caretaker, akin to the interplanetary crystal housed within the museum, possesses a rare, glistening quality, and a compacted inwardness reminiscent of Kafka or Shirley Jackson. While it may evoke various genres, such as parables, ghost stories, or locked-room mysteries, Doon Arbus draws her luminous water from a wellspring entirely her own. Weight: 296g Dimension: 146 x 210 x 22 (mm) ISBN-13: 9780811229494 Show more