Author: Harpman, Jacqueline
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Published on 2 July 2026 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Brief Encounters' series.
Paperback | 96 pages
130 x 197 x 11 | 88g
A startling new collection of three never-before-translated stories, from the author of I Who Have Never Known MenIn the wake of some unfathomable war, a woman wanders the forest, forbidden from ever leaving its strange depths. As part of her rigid schooling, a teenage girl is barred from questioning the dogma she is taught to believe. Locked in a loveless marriage, a young woman satisfies her husband’s desires, twice-weekly, as directed – until she begins to pursue her own.
Includes the stories: The Ardennes Forest, The Outcast and The Broom CupboardBRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days