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- Book Synopsis
- A startling new collection of three never-before-translated stories, from the author of I Who Have Never Known Men In the wake of some unfathomable war, a woman wanders the forest, forbidden from ever leaving its strange depths. As part of her rigid schooling, a teenage girl is barred from questioning the dogma she is taught to believe. Locked in a loveless marriage, a young woman satisfies her husband's desires, twice-weekly, as directed - until she begins to pursue her own. Includes the stories: The Ardennes Forest, The Outcast and The Broom Cupboard BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days
- About The Author
- Jacqueline Harpman was born in Etterbeek, Belgium in 1929. Being half Jewish, the family fled to Casablanca when the Nazis invaded, and only returned home after the war. After studying French literature she started training to be a doctor, but could not complete her training due to contracting tuberculosis. She turned to writing in 1954 and her first work was published in 1958. In 1980 she qualified as a psychoanalyst. Harpman wrote over 15 novels and won numerous literary prizes, including the Prix Médicis for Orlanda. I Who Have Never Known Men was her first novel to be translated into English, and was originally published with the title The Mistress of Silence
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- ISBN
- 9781529984583
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics, (02 July 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 83
- Weight
- 216 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 197 x 130 x 8 mm
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