A review by seabassolives
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

'I was forced to acknowledge too late, much too late, that I too had loved, that I was capable of suffering, and that I was human after all'

But a sky does not die, it is I who am dying, who was already dying in this bunker—and I tell myself that I am alone in this land that no longer has any jailers, or prisoners, unaware of what I came here to do, the mistress of silence, owner of bunkers and corpses