Flatbush Library Book Club: I Who Have Never Known Men

Join Flatbush Library's monthly book club for a chance to meet your neighbors and dive into some great books. We read a variety of nonfiction and contemporary fiction.

For our May meeting, we'll be diving into the strange world of Jacqueline Harpman's novel I Who Have Never Known Men. Originally published in French in 1995, Harpman's novel has found renewed interest among current-day readers, who have hailed the book as a post-apocalyptic modern classic of female friendship and intimacy. Deep underground, thirty-nine women live imprisoned in a cage. Watched over by male guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only a vague recollection of their lives before. Our anonymous narrator, the youngest prisoner, will show herself to be the key to the others' escape and survival in the strange world that awaits them above ground. Come discover this haunting, heartbreaking novel about the lengths people will go to maintain their humanity in the face of devastation.

Register for updates and reminders about our book club!

Copies of the book are available to pick up at the library's front desk. All are welcome.