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I Who Have Never Known Men
- Author
- Jacqueline Harpman
- Narrator
- Sarah Lambie
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 22 July 2021
- Run Time
- 6 hours 46 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Science fiction: apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic, Dystopian and utopian fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Feminism and feminist theory, Fiction in translation
- Rating
- 4.6 (11 reviews)
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What to expect
THE HEART-BREAKING POST-APOCALYPTIC TIKTOK SENSATION
Discover the haunting, heartbreaking post-apocalyptic tale of female friendship and intimacy set in a deserted world.
Deep underground, 39 women are kept in isolation in a cage. Aboveground, a world awaits. Has it been abandoned? Devastated by a virus?
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. But, as the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl - the 40th 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 aboveground. The woman who will never know men.
Listeners Reviews:
‘The voice actor is FANTASTIC’ *****
‘Life-changing. An absolute must read.’ *****
‘Beautiful contemplation on what makes life worth living’ *****
©2019 Jacqueline Harpman (P)2021 Penguin Audio
Critics Review
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It is a novel about community, loneliness, and solitude, about intellectual awakening in impossible situations. It asks... What does it mean to be alive, to learn, to know?
Carmen Maria Machado
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A novel that takes you into philosophically interesting territory… this [is a] intriguingly dark thought experiment told by a compellingly alien voice – dispassionate and unfussy – is strangely fascinating
The Times
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A vivid evocation of another world, alive with hope and dignity
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A bleak but fascinating postapocalyptic novel… all the loneliness and oblivion of a deserted world won't stop us from following the narrator as far as she can go
User Reviews
Book 4.6
Narration 4.7
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5.0 5.0
I listened to this all in one go and really enjoyed it.
jot 2026-08-15 -
5.0 5.0
read in 2 days, couldn’t stop!
Jessica Tweed 2025-10-28 -
5.0 5.0
So many things to think about…
sangita 2025-03-15 -
5.0 5.0
I needed this book, it is so beautiful and a profound meditation on life, humanity and solitude.
HollyHoovers 2024-11-01
Details
- Author
- Jacqueline Harpman
- Narrator
- Sarah Lambie
- Duration
- 6 hours 46 minutes
- Release Date
- 22 July 2021
- ISBN
- 9781529191448
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Science fiction: apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic, Dystopian and utopian fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Feminism and feminist theory, Fiction in translation
- Rating
- 4.6(11 reviews)
- Narration
- 4.7(11 reviews)
Synopsis
THE HEART-BREAKING POST-APOCALYPTIC TIKTOK SENSATIONDiscover the haunting, heartbreaking post-apocalyptic tale of female friendship and intimacy set in a deserted world.Deep underground, 39 women are kept in isolation in a cage. Aboveground, a world awaits. Has it been abandoned? Devastated by a virus?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. But, as the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl - the 40th 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 aboveground. The woman who will never know men.Listeners Reviews: ‘The voice actor is FANTASTIC’ *****‘Life-changing. An absolute must read.’ *****‘Beautiful contemplation on what makes life worth living’ *****©2019 Jacqueline Harpman (P)2021 Penguin Audio
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