{"product_id":"i-who-have-never-known-men-collectors-edition","title":"I Who Have Never Known Men (Collector's Edition)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eROS SCHWARTZ \u003c\/b\u003ehas 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 T\u003ci\u003ehe Little Prince\u003c\/i\u003e and, most recently, Mireille Gansel's \u003ci\u003eTranslation as Transhumance\u003c\/i\u003e. 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\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCARMEN MARIA MACHADO\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the bestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eIn the Dream House, \u003c\/i\u003e the graphic novel \u003ci\u003eThe Low, Low Woods\u003c\/i\u003e, and the award-winning short story collection \u003ci\u003eHer Body and Other Parties\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been a finalist for the National Book Award and the winner of the Bard Fiction Prize, the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction, the Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Nonfiction, the Brooklyn Public Library Literature Prize, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Prize. She holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and has been awarded fellowships and residencies from the Guggenheim Foundation, The Pew Center for Arts \u0026amp; Heritage, Yaddo, Hedgebrook, and the Millay Colony for the Arts. She is the former Abrams Artist-in-Residence at the University of Pennsylvania.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A small miracle . . . \u003ci\u003eI Who Have Never Known Men\u003c\/i\u003e is about as heavyhearted as fiction can get.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mesmerizing . . . The book's austere mystery--the atrophied and gelid world it depicts--provides a richly allusive consideration of human life.\"--\u003cb\u003eDeborah Eisenberg, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A consistently gripping experience.\"―\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Like Kafka with a dash of Ursula Le Guin, this story is part mystery, part science fiction, and all literature.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Immediately reminiscent of Margaret Atwood's \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e.\"--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Reading \u003cem\u003eI Who Have Never Known Men\u003c\/em\u003e forces the reader to contemplate what an immense privilege it is to be able to read books at all.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eEmily Gould, \u003cem\u003eThe Cut\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"[I] couldn't put it down. . . . It's a deceptively simple but wholly propulsive story that explores the interplay between memory, patriarchy and solidarity.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eLaila Lalami, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Dream Hotel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"[A] riveting narrative . . . Carefully crafted, this novel is both unusual and thought-provoking.\"--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Unlike other science fiction or fantasy novels, this is a universe without an invented order: there is no known infrastructure, no reveal, no men hiding behind a curtain. It is the simplicity of the writing that makes my skin crawl, so eerie in its absences.\"--\u003cb\u003eHaley Mlotek\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrieze\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"[An] eerily evocative novel . . . this intriguingly dark thought experiment told by a compellingly alien voice--dispassionate and unfussy--is strangely fascinating.\"--\u003cb\u003eLucy Scholes, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e***THE RUNAWAY BESTSELLER, NOW AVAILABLE IN A SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S EDITION***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis Hardcover collector's edition features an introduction by Carmen Maria Machado and new cover art\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\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\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\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. Now available in a collectible hardcover edition, featuring an introduction by Carmen Maria Machado, Harpman's modern classic is an essential addition to the growing canon of feminist speculative literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eForeword\u003c\/span\u003e 08\/25\/2025 (EAN 9798893380309, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Transit Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496039088406,"sku":"9798893380309","price":29.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9798893380309.jpg?v=1783051448","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/i-who-have-never-known-men-collectors-edition","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}