I Who Have Never Known Men

How does the electricity work? Where does the food come from? How are they able to breathe if this is a non-earth planet? Why does the sun look like ours but the seasons never change? Where did everybody go? Is this purgatory/hell? This book is really only concerned with the philosophical exploration rather than the practical workings of the world which is fine, but personally I would have been slightly more satisfied if even a little bit of the inner workings were revealed. The writing really is excellent - you live in the mundane so completely that any little discovery seems like a huge reveal until you realise you actually are no closer to any understanding about what is going on. I am still thinking about this book days later which must be a good thing.