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I who have never known men / Jacqueline Harpman ; translated from the French by Ros Schwartz ; with an afterword by Sophie Mackintosh.

Harpman, Jacqueline, (author.). Mackintosh, Sophie, (writer of afterword.). Schwartz, Ros, (translator.). Harpman, Jacqueline. translation of: Moi qui n'ai pas connu les hommes. English. (Added Author).

Summary:

"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"-- Page [4] of cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781945492600 (trade paperback)
  • Physical Description: 173 pages ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: Oakland, California : Transit Books, 2022.

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General Note:
"First published in France with the title Moi qui n'ai pas connu les hommes by Stock, Paris in 1995"--Title page verso.
Translation of: Moi qui n'ai pas connu les hommes.
Language Note:
Translated from the original French.

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Subject: Science fiction, French > 20th century > Fiction.
Speculative fiction > Fiction.
Female friendship > Fiction.
Genre: Dystopian fiction.
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  • Perseus Publishing

    Ursula K. LeGuin meets The Road in a post-apocalyptic modern classic of female friendship and intimacy.

    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.

  • Perseus Publishing

    Ursula K. LeGuin meets The Road in a post-apocalyptic modern classic of female friendship and intimacy.

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