Amina Cain recommends 6 books that engage with other art forms

The author recommends works by Tove Jansson, Janice Lee, and more

Amina Cain.
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Amina Cain is an essayist and the author of the story collection Creature. Her first novel, Indelicacy — a supernatural tale about a cleaning woman with literary ­ambitions — ​inspired her to recommend these books that engage with other art forms.

The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson, translated by Thomas Teal (2009).

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