Jacqueline Harpman

I am reading 'Moi qui n'ai pas connu les hommes' by the Brussels writer Jacqueline Harpman (1940). She's a psychoanalyst and her books are surrealist, bizarre and absolutely fascinating. If I remember correctly, most of her books are written in the style of a kind of 'monologue intérieur'. This one's about a young girl whose name, age and appearances are unknown to both herself and the reader. Together with forty other women she's locked up in a cave without windows. They have no idea how they got there and what the purpose of their imprisonment might be.

I've also read 'Orlanda' and 'La plage d'Ostende' by the same author. So far, the latter is definitely my favourite.