I Who Have Never Known Men
von Jacqueline Harpman
A young woman is kept in a cage underground with thirty-nine other females, guarded by armed men who never speak; her crimes unremembered...if indeed there were crimes.The youngest of forty--a child with no name and no past--she survives for some purpose long forgotten in a world ravaged and wasted. In this reality where intimacy is forbidden--in the unrelenting sameness of the artificial days and nights--she knows nothing of books and time, of needs and feelings.Then everything changes...and nothing changes.A young woman who has never known men--a child who knows of no history before the bars and restraints--must now reinvent herself, piece by piece, in a place she has never been...and in the face of the most challenging and terrifying of unknowns: freedom. A young woman is kept in a cage underground with thirty-nine other females, guarded by armed men who never speak; her crimes unremembered...if indeed there were crimes.The youngest of forty--a child with no name and no past--she survives for some purpose long forgotten in a world ravaged and wasted. In this reality where intimacy is forbidden--in the unrelenting sameness of the artificial days and nights--she knows nothing of books and time, of needs and feelings.Then everything changes...and nothing changes.A young woman who has never known men--a child who knows of no history before the bars and restraints--must now reinvent herself, piece by piece, in a place she has never been...and in the face of the most challenging and terrifying of unknowns: freedom.
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I Who Have Never Known Men
von Jacqueline Harpman
A young woman is kept in a cage underground with thirty-nine other females, guarded by armed men who never speak; her crimes unremembered...if indeed there were crimes.The youngest of forty--a child with no name and no past--she survives for some purpose long forgotten in a world ravaged and wasted. In this reality where intimacy is forbidden--in the unrelenting sameness of the artificial days and nights--she knows nothing of books and time, of needs and feelings.Then everything changes...and nothing changes.A young woman who has never known men--a child who knows of no history before the bars and restraints--must now reinvent herself, piece by piece, in a place she has never been...and in the face of the most challenging and terrifying of unknowns: freedom. A young woman is kept in a cage underground with thirty-nine other females, guarded by armed men who never speak; her crimes unremembered...if indeed there were crimes.The youngest of forty--a child with no name and no past--she survives for some purpose long forgotten in a world ravaged and wasted. In this reality where intimacy is forbidden--in the unrelenting sameness of the artificial days and nights--she knows nothing of books and time, of needs and feelings.Then everything changes...and nothing changes.A young woman who has never known men--a child who knows of no history before the bars and restraints--must now reinvent herself, piece by piece, in a place she has never been...and in the face of the most challenging and terrifying of unknowns: freedom.
Aktuelle Rezensionen(55)
Rezension von FeeSehr gutes Buch, mich persönlich hat es gefesselt aber es kann an stellen repetitiv werden.
Rezension von LaviniaDie Story selbst war sehr spannend formuliert und hat einen immer wieder aufs Neue zum nachdenken gebracht - allerdings war ich vom Ende etwas enttäuscht auch wenn es eins war, was absehbar war.
Rezension von MiriamIch liebe dieses Buch, es ist philosophisch, schlau, fesselnd.
Rezension von FinediebieneI cannot believe that the book was already written in 1995, considering the big hype now, which is 100% understandable. I loved the mix between dystopian elements and philosophical question. Even thought it makes sense for the story to leave some questions open, I would love to know what the whole backround is.
Rezension von Marilena PolkehnWonderfully written and translated. The language is poignant, yet beautiful and most of cleverly used. The girl without a name who refers to herself often as I, who… Even though I started into it with wrong hopes of a feminist novel and a story decentralising men, I quickly could understand why I should read the book nonetheless. The questions of what is intrinsically human, of nurture vs. nature and of what society and company does to to you. Be it giving you a sense of shame or using their language…. I liked it very much, but I am still kinda sad by the missed opportunities to make this a queer, feminist and even more critical book.