{"product_id":"we-were-forbidden","title":"We Were Forbidden","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eWe Were Forbidden\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJacqueline Harpman\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9798893380583\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eTransit Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2026\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e112\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\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\n\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\n\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\n\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\n\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\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Transit Books","offers":[{"title":"We Were Forbidden | Jacqueline Harpman | Paperback | 9798893380583 | New | Fiction 1730159","offer_id":49411582787736,"sku":"1730159","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/916CUMHHT1L.jpg?v=1783432897","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/we-were-forbidden","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}