![]() ![]() It was originally published by Seven Stories Press, then republished by Avon Eos. It is the first of Harpman's novels to be translated into English. Price New from Used from Kindle 'Please retry' 9.99 Hardcover 'Please retry' 55. 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. Soon she will show herself to be the key to the others' escape and survival in the strange world that awaits them above ground. I Who Have Never Known Men Mass Market Paperback Jby Jacqueline Harpman(Author), Ros Schwartz(Author) 4.4 out of 5 stars1,303 ratings See all formats and editions Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. ![]() But, 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. Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only vague recollection of their lives before. Has it been abandoned? Devastated by a virus? Jacqueline Harpman I Who Have Never Known Men Paperback by Jacqueline Harpman (Author), Ros Schwartz (Translator), Sophie Mackintosh (Afterword) 1,355 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 19.79 5 Used from 19.79 Paperback 16.95 3 Used from 9.97 2 New from 16. Discover the haunting, heartbreaking post-apocalyptic tale of female friendship and intimacy set in a deserted world.ĭeep underground, thirty-nine women are kept in isolation in a cage. ![]()
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Rebels plot to seize Ixia and Yelena develops magical powers she can't control. But the chief of security, leaving nothing to chance, deliberately feeds her Butterfly's Dusté and only by appearing for her daily antidote will she delay an agonizing death from the poison.Īs Yelena tries to escape her new dilemma, disasters keep mounting. She'll eat the best meals, have rooms in the palace- and risk assassination by anyone trying to kill the Commander of Ixia.Īnd so Yelena chooses to become a food taster. ![]() Buy on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, The Book DepositoryĪbout to be executed for murder, Yelena is offered an extraordinary reprieve. ![]() ![]() I received a five dollar allowance each week, and I always - always - spent it on books. I’ve always loved to read, and some of my earliest childhood memories are me, tucked away in my room, lost in a good book. 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After its demise, he returned to New York and joined as staff of the New York Times, where he worked for ten years as an editor and reporter. Having worked for the Harvard Crimson and freelanced in Boston, he moved to Minneapolis, where he helped found a short-lived weekly newspaper, Metropolis. Three of these books have been Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalists, and they have been translated into more than twenty languages.īorn in New York City, USA, Gleick attended Harvard College, graduating in 1976 with a degree in English and linguistics. ![]() James Gleick (born August 1, 1954) is an American author, journalist, and biographer, whose books explore the cultural ramifications of science and technology. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But forced to spend a week in close company they discover that first impressions are not always reliable. She doesn’t care that his leg is less than perfect, it’s his personality she can’t abide. 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