{"product_id":"the-deserters-9780811239011","title":"The Deserters","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Mathias Enard\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: MIXBZ\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: MIXBZ\u003cbr\u003e • Subject: Creative Writing, Fiction\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: World Literature - France - 21st Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA filthy and exhausted soldier emerges from the Mediterranean wilderness--he is escaping from an unspecified war, trying to flee incessant violence and find refuge in solitude. Meanwhile, on September 11, 2001, aboard a small cruise ship, a scientific conference takes place to pay tribute to renowned East German mathematician Paul Heudeber, a committed communist and anti-fascist, and a survivor of the camps at Buchenwald.The tension grows between these two narrative threads, and--pulled together in Mathias Énard's enchanting, brilliant, erudite prose--time itself seems to become tightly interwoven, drawn together by the immense stakes of love and politics, loyalty and belief, hope and survival.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Misc","offer_id":45608509997207,"sku":"9780811239011","price":1167.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780811239011.webp?v=1768599909","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-deserters-9780811239011","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}