The Mistress Of Silence by Harpman, Jacqueline - 1997

London: The Harvill Press. Near Fine. 1997. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Paperback. Slight foxing to edges of reading block. ; First English language edition translated from the original French by Ros Schwartz. Turtleback with laminiated covers. Nice tight flat copy, no names or marks inside, appears unread and near as new. Cover photo by Thomi Wroblewski. ; 192 pages; A story of survival after an unnamed catastrophe, on some lunar planet that might still be Earth. In an underground cage live forty women guarded by men with whips, who do not talk. The women have been held prisoner for about 15 years, the youngest was but a baby when their capitivity began. Their memory of the cataclysm that ended their normal lives has ebbed, and they strive to recall whatever they can from their previous lives. .