1043 || book club || I who have never known men

1043 || book club || I who have never known men

content warning: today's episode has brief mention of heavy trauma.


"I Who Have Never Known Men" is a science fiction novel written by Jacqueline Harpman, a Belgian author. The original French title is "Moi qui n'ai pas connu les hommes," and it was published in 1995. It explores themes of identity, survival, humanity, curiosity, hope, and yearning.


This book wrecked me, but in a very good way. That said, it's not for everyone at every juncture in life.


oldlampshades said this, which sadly, I didn't include in today's episode, but better late than never:


"What I love about this book is that it’s a story of a human with so much of her humanity stolen from her, yet she still finds herself asking the most fundamentally human questions: why am I here? What does it all mean? It’s a story about how even when born into a society so different from any that exists now, humans will always find love, hope, and wonder.


I think what makes it a masterpiece is that we don’t get any of the answers. There isn’t a neatly tied up ending. It makes the book an allegory for life, because we don’t get the answers to those questions, really."


RESOURCES: https://www.overdrive.com/media/4678018/i-who-have-never-known-men

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Who_Have_Never_Known_Men

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/11996 https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/10ts2rc/i_just_finished_i_who_have_never_known_men_by/


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