{"product_id":"we-were-forbidden-9798893380583","title":"We Were Forbidden","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eI Who Have Never Known Men\u003c\/i\u003e comes a startling trio of novellas--translated into English for the first time--each plumbing the depths of that vital human instinct: defiance.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the wake of some unfathomable war, a woman wanders the forest. She and her fellow survivors are forbidden from leaving its boundaries or pausing in their eternal march through its strange depths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAttending a rigid French school in 1940s Casablanca, a teenage girl is barred from ever questioning the dogma she is taught to believe--her punishment for doing so will be as swift as it is shocking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLocked in a loveless marriage in the Belgian bourgeoisie, a young woman satisfies her husband's desires, twice weekly, as required. She has not yet thought to pursue her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese novellas--the first works by Jacqueline Harpman to arrive in English in decades--reveal her incredible stylistic range and demonstrate once more her penetrating psychological insight. Here we find the origins of a singular, relentless voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacqueline Harpman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Transit Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798893380583\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/22\/2026 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJacqueline Harpman\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Etterbeek, Belgium, in 1929. Her 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 \u003ci\u003eOrlanda\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eI Who Have Never Known Men\u003c\/i\u003e was her first novel to be translated into English, and was originally published with the title \u003ci\u003eThe Mistress of Silence\u003c\/i\u003e. Harpman died in 2012.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRos Schwartz\u003c\/b\u003e has translated numerous works of fiction and non-fiction from French, including Jacqueline Harpman's \u003ci\u003eI Who Have Never Known Men\u003c\/i\u003e, several Georges Simenon titles for Penguin Classics, a new translation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's \u003ci\u003eThe Little Prince\u003c\/i\u003e and, most recently, Mireille Gansel's \u003ci\u003eTranslation as Transhumance\u003c\/i\u003e. The recipient of a number of awards, she was made a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2009 and received the Institute of Translation and Interpreting's John Sykes Memorial Prize for Excellence in 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Jacqueline Harpman \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48641390739613,"sku":"9798893380583","price":22.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_6e86e0d7-9f35-4532-b811-8d3418994e29.jpg?v=1784108224","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/we-were-forbidden-9798893380583","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}