I Who Have Never Known Men
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I Who Have Never Known Men, originally published in French as Moi qui n'ai pas connu les hommes, is a 1995 science fiction
novel by Belgian author Jacqueline Harpman
. It is the first of Harpman's novels to be translated into English. It was originally published by Seven Stories Press, then republished by Avon Eos.
The New York Times described it as "bleak but fascinating", and "about as heavyhearted as fiction can get".
One day, an alarm sounds, and the guards flee; the prisoners are subsequently able to escape. They find themselves on an immense barren plain, with no other people anywhere, and no clue as to what has happened to the world.
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
novel by Belgian author Jacqueline Harpman
Jacqueline Harpman
Jacqueline Harpman is a Belgian writer who writes in French. She also works as a psychoanalyst and lives in Brussels.-Works:* L'Amour et l'acacia - 1958* Brève Arcadie - 1959...
. It is the first of Harpman's novels to be translated into English. It was originally published by Seven Stories Press, then republished by Avon Eos.
The New York Times described it as "bleak but fascinating", and "about as heavyhearted as fiction can get".
Synopsis
Thirty-nine women and a girl are being held prisoner in a cage underground. The guards are all male, and never speak to them. The girl is the only one of the prisoners who has no memory of the outside world; none of them know why they are being held prisoner, or why there is one child among thirty-nine adults.One day, an alarm sounds, and the guards flee; the prisoners are subsequently able to escape. They find themselves on an immense barren plain, with no other people anywhere, and no clue as to what has happened to the world.