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The Mistress Of Silence
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Mistress Of Silence
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Jacqueline Harpman
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:224 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 134 |
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| Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781846554131
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Vintage Publishing
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| Imprint |
The Harvill Press
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| Publication Date |
27 April 2010 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
They live in an underground cage. Forty women guarded by men with whips, who do not talk. The women have been held prisoner for 15 years. Their memory of the cataclysm that ended their normal lives has ebbed, and they strive to recall whatever they can from their previous lives.
Author Biography
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 Medicis 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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