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I Who have never known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
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Book Overview
Deep beneath the surface, forty women—thirty-nine adults and one girl who has no memory of the world outside—are held in a stark, electric-lit cage by silent male guards. They do not know why they were captured, how long they have been there, or what awaits them beyond the locked doors. Then, in a sudden turn of fate, the guards flee and the women manage to escape.
Above ground, they discover a hauntingly empty landscape, barren and devoid of other people or familiar signs of civilization. With no clues to guide them, the women must navigate this strange new world while grappling with loss, memory, curiosity, and the fragile bonds between them. The young narrator, who has never known men or life outside confinement, becomes both observer and philosopher in this enigmatic and unsettling journey.
Jacqueline Harpman’s spare, incisive prose strips away ornamentation to focus on the inner life of her characters as they confront isolation, identity, and the echo of humanity in a world stripped bare.
