{"product_id":"we-were-forbidden","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","brand":"Raincoast Book Dist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52502831595794,"sku":"9798893380583","price":29.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/3429\/3266\/files\/27873773488914.jpg?v=1783542328","url":"https:\/\/bookstore.ubc.ca\/products\/we-were-forbidden","provider":"UBC Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}