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A review by esztertth
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
This became one of my favourite books alongside the Memory Police and Our Wives Under the Sea.
Don' t read the preface first, however, Sophie Mackintosh's words summize the novel best:
Don' t read the preface first, however, Sophie Mackintosh's words summize the novel best:
No life is ordinary, the book seems to say. No life is without hope, without light, even during the unimaginable. (...)
How much of our humanity is intrinsic? How much remains, when all else is stripped away?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Confinement, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Kidnapping, and Death