JACQUELINE HARPMAN was born in Etterbeek, Belgium, in 1929. Being half Jewish, the family moved to Casablanca when the Nazis invaded and returned home after the war. After studying French literature she started training to be a doctor, but could not complete her medical studies when she contracted tuberculosis. She turned to writing in 1954 and her first work was published in 1958. In 1980 she qualified as a psychoanalyst. She had given up writing after her fourth book was published, and resumed her career as a novelist only some twenty years later.
“A twisting, teasing exploration of sexuality, inner motives and
desires … Harpman cleverly manipulates an elusive narrative 'I' and
shifting perspectives in cool, insouciant, yet seductive style, to
attack the well-worn existentialist query, 'Who am I?'” –Publishers
Weekly
“Harpman artfully shapes this lighthearted gender confusion into a
witty comment on the incompatibility—and interdependency—of the
sexes.” –Kirkus Reviews
“Imagination. Jacqueline Harpman certainly doesn't lack any. . . .
With incredible mastery, she juggles with identities, intertwines
desires and fears, fantasies and frustrations.” –L'Express
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