{"product_id":"i-who-have-never-known-men-collectors-edition-hardcover","title":"I Who Have Never Known Men (Collector's Edition) - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJacqueline Harpman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRos Schwartz\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eCarmen Maria Machado\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e***THE RUNAWAY BESTSELLER, NOW AVAILABLE IN A SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S EDITION***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\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\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\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\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\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            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 09, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987657228589,"sku":"9798893380309","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/aME6dwP6TT9798893380309.webp?v=1776183290","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/i-who-have-never-known-men-collectors-edition-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}