About the author
Chloe Aridjis is a Mexican American novelist and essayist whose work often follows solitary observers through museums, cities, collections, and unstable encounters with art. Her novels include Book of Clouds, Asunder, and Sea Monsters.
The Shadow of the Object centers on a museum worker and the charged afterlife of objects. It treats looking as an active and sometimes compromising relationship rather than a neutral act.
Where to start
Start with The Shadow of the Object for Aridjis's compact novel about attention, possession, and the meanings that gather around collected things.
