{"product_id":"we-were-forbidden-jacqueline-harpman-9798893380583","title":"We Were Forbidden","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eI Who Have Never Known Men\u003c\/i\u003e comes a startling new collection of three never-before-translated stories, each plumbing the depths of that most necessary 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 work 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\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798893380583\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Transit Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Jacqueline Harpman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47520894451967,"sku":"9798893380583","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5dd18b34-509f-4f02-ae23-d226c3a36f30.jpg?v=1762887612","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/we-were-forbidden-jacqueline-harpman-9798893380583","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}