--- product_id: 122338448 title: "I Who Have Never Known Men" price: "304 kr" currency: DKK in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.dk/products/122338448-i-who-have-never-known-men store_origin: DK region: Denmark --- # I Who Have Never Known Men **Price:** 304 kr **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** I Who Have Never Known Men - **How much does it cost?** 304 kr with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.dk](https://www.desertcart.dk/products/122338448-i-who-have-never-known-men) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description ‘For a very long time, the days went by, each just like the day before, then I began to think, and everything changed’ Deep underground, thirty-nine women live imprisoned in a cage. Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only vague recollection of their lives before. As the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl - the fortieth prisoner - sits alone and outcast in the corner. Soon she will show herself to be the key to the others' escape and survival in the strange world that awaits them above ground. Review: A beautiful and heart breaking novel. Must Read! - I recently heard about this book and I was intrigued. After reading it, I see now why everyone recommends it. It is beautifully written. Once I started reading it I couldn't put it down. You will need some tissues for the end! I am passing it to my daughter to read. Amazing novel! Review: Takes a lil longer to arrive but GREAT quality! - I’m in the process of reading it right now but I love the packaging of this book and the texture. I think it’s a good book so far and it’s pretty short too so I can finish in no time! But it does actually take a little longer to get here then a usual package. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Customer Reviews | 4.3 out of 5 stars 15,421 Reviews | ## Images ![I Who Have Never Known Men - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71jIvFJGf9L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A beautiful and heart breaking novel. Must Read! *by F***Y on May 17, 2026* I recently heard about this book and I was intrigued. After reading it, I see now why everyone recommends it. It is beautifully written. Once I started reading it I couldn't put it down. You will need some tissues for the end! I am passing it to my daughter to read. Amazing novel! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Takes a lil longer to arrive but GREAT quality! *by A***Y on January 21, 2026* I’m in the process of reading it right now but I love the packaging of this book and the texture. I think it’s a good book so far and it’s pretty short too so I can finish in no time! But it does actually take a little longer to get here then a usual package. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fantastic for reading group discussions *by C***R on May 21, 2012* I'm not sure how I found out about this book - I think I was reading some article that ran off a list of dystopian tales and compared Harpman's book with Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale (Everyman's Library) . And since I loved The Handmaid's Tale and how much it scared me - I thought, HeckYeah! Count me in - [sigh] - I'm not sure how they came about tying these two books together because other than the subject matter of women losing freedoms and identity in a totalitarian-type of society - uh - that's it, really. So, let's start fresh. I Who Have Never Known Men is the story about a nameless woman referred to as The Child, who was raised from toddler-hood with a group of women (40 in total) who are kept in a cage in an underground bunker. Their environment is totally artificial and completely controlled. The guards (always in threes and are male) never speak but use their whips with startling accuracy. The lights dim for "night" and brighten for "day". The women have no privacy and are not even allowed to touch each other. We meet the group through the Child's narrative about 12-15 years into their incarceration. The group is made up of women from all walks of life - housewives, nurses, waitresses, grandmothers and at the time they were taken, a toddler who doesn't even know her name. The memories of the women are hazy, they remember their former lives - although it is painful to think of them - but the actual catastrophe (as they call it) seems to involve a lot of fire, drugs and pain. Now they are here with no future, no answers to their questions, nothing. Everything that is essential to us and defines us as human is taken away - or is it? We feel the need to belong, to love and to have hope and meaning. But Harpman plays with this by inserting a character into the middle of them who has no memory of the past life. She only knows this life so her context is completely different - she's not depressed, not even lost. In fact, she's in control of herself. She takes an interest in the guards and begins to notice patterns, then using her own heartbeat as a measuring tool, begins to note the passage of time - when the lights dim, when the lights brighten, when the food is brought, when the guards change shift. She shares this information with the others and soon the women have something new - a tiny amount of power. A secret. But then an alarm sounds just as a guard was unlocking the pass-thru hatch and suddenly, the guards are gone - leaving the keys still in the door. Soon the girl has the door to the cage open and the women tentatively take steps to freedom. But have they? What kind of world do they emerge into - is it in fact, just another type of prison? What kind of future do they have? Are there answers for them outside or just more questions and - does it really matter in the end? This book is WILD! I cannot think of a more discussable book - Holy cow - if you are in a book group? Watch out, it'll be the longest discussion ever. Can you imagine what the Stoics would say about this? Every incident in this relatively short novel is open for a significant discussion on what makes us...us ## Frequently Bought Together - I Who Have Never Known Men - Project Hail Mary: A Novel - Grace Year --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.dk/products/122338448-i-who-have-never-known-men](https://www.desertcart.dk/products/122338448-i-who-have-never-known-men) --- *Product available on Desertcart Denmark* *Store origin: DK* *Last updated: 2026-07-04*