I Who Have Never Known Men

by Harpman, Jacqueline
ISBN: 9781945492600
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Deep underground, thirty-nine women live imprisoned in a cage. Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only a vague recollection of their lives before.

As the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl--the fortieth prisoner--sits alone and outcast in the corner. Soon she will show herself to be the key to the others' escape and survival in the strange world that awaits them above ground.

Jacqueline Harpman was born in Etterbeek, Belgium, in 1929, and fled to Casablanca with her family during WWII. Informed by her background as a psychoanalyst and her youth in exile, I Who Have Never Known Men is a haunting, heartbreaking post-apocalyptic novel of female friendship and intimacy, and the lengths people will go to maintain their humanity in the face of devastation. Back in print for the first time since 1997, Harpman's modern classic is an important addition to the growing canon of feminist speculative literature.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Harpman, Jacqueline
  • ISBN: 9781945492600
  • Condition: New
  • Number Of Pages: 208
  • Publication Year: 2022
Language: English

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  • Post-Apocalyptic sci-fi mystery following 39 women

    null null. - 4 months ago

    This book follows 39 women who live in a guarded cage underground with vague memories of their past. They are not allowed to sing, dance, touch or laugh. The story is told by the only child in the group, "Girl". A major theme of this book is what makes us human when we are stripped of everything? What is womanhood? Will the women ever escape? and if they do, what is left of the world above? Ever since I have read this book, I think about it weekly if not daily. Its a quick 200 pages and definitely worth a read!

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