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A little about the Book
Deep underground, forty 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.

As 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.

Jacqueline 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, I Who Have Never Known Men 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.

Pages: 184 (depending on the edition)

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I have read this one and it easily became one of my all time favorites.

Planning on starting it today

I just started this book and wanted to know whether the book consist of chapters or I have the wrong edition which is written in one long essay?

I read this some time ago Caroline, but as I remember the Prologue went on for a long time. I can't remember if it actually had chapters or not. If you are reading the book by Harpman with the right title then you are ok. I know I read the book, then reread the prologue and the beginning of the book again. I got so much more out of the book by doing that - things that I had not noticed the first time around. This is one of those strange books that you either love or wonder what in H did I just read!

This book came in as the #1 read for the year of 2025 in GR's for science fiction. But was shut out of every category it could have been in in the Choice Awards. Big loss there! It was published on Jan 1 2025. So could have been a run away in many categories - actually it was much better than a number of them picked for 2025.

♥ Sandi ❣ wrote: "I read this some time ago Caroline, but as I remember the Prologue went on for a long time. I can't remember if it actually had chapters or not. If you are reading the book by Harpman with the righ..."

Yes the prologue did feel a bit long and it does give a brief idea of what the book is about and what to except for it.