I Who Have Never Known Men By: Jacqueline Harpman

I Who Have Never Known Men is a haunting, unforgettable novel by Belgian author Jacqueline Harpman — a quiet masterpiece of speculative fiction that lingers long after the final page.

Forty women are imprisoned underground with no memory of how they got there or why. Among them is a young girl — the narrator — who has never known the world above, never known men, never known freedom. When an alarm sounds and the guards flee, the women escape into a vast, empty landscape. What follows is a profound meditation on survival, identity, memory, and what it means to be human when civilization has vanished.

• A modern cult classic — spare, poetic, and deeply affecting
• Perfect for fans of literary dystopian fiction (Kazuo Ishiguro, Margaret Atwood)
• Translated from French by Ros Schwartz
• Paperback | 176 pages

A rare book that asks the biggest questions in the quietest voice.