{"product_id":"i-who-have-never-known-men-paperback","title":"I Who Have Never Known Men - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJacqueline Harpman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRos Schwartz\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eSophie Mackintosh\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUrsula K. LeGuin meets \u003ci\u003eThe Road\u003c\/i\u003e in a post-apocalyptic modern classic of female friendship and intimacy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeep 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacqueline 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, \u003ci\u003eI Who Have Never Known Men\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJACQUELINE HARPMAN\u003c\/b\u003e (1929-2012) was a Belgian author of over fifteen novels. Born in Etterbeek, Belgium, in 1929, she fled to Casablanca with her family during the Second World War. She studied French literature and trained to become a doctor but was unable to continue her medical studies after contracting tuberculosis. Harpman began writing in 1954, and wrote over fifteen novels, winning numerous prizes, including the Prix ​​Médicis (\u003ci\u003eOrlanda\u003c\/i\u003e), the Prix ​​Victor-Rossel (\u003ci\u003eBrève Arcadie\u003c\/i\u003e), among others. \u003ci\u003eI Who Have Never Known Men\u003c\/i\u003e, originally published in French in 1995, was the first of her books to be translated into English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eROS SCHWARTZ\u003c\/b\u003e has translated numerous works of fiction and non-fiction from French, including several Georges Simenon titles for Penguin Classics, a new translation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's \u003ci\u003eThe Little Prince\u003c\/i\u003e and, most recently, Mireille Gansel's Translation as Transhumance. The recipient of a number of awards, she was made a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2009 and received the Institute of Translation and Interpreting's John Sykes Memorial Prize for Excellence in 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44956301393990,"sku":"9781945492600","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0702\/9882\/8870\/files\/ZUhLejlhTlVwNzJZZ1dFQ1cxOHdWZz09.webp?v=1777323483","url":"https:\/\/wandowl.com\/products\/i-who-have-never-known-men-paperback","provider":"Wand \u0026 Owl Coffee Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}