{"product_id":"the-deserters-9781804271636","title":"The Deserters","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Mathias Enard\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Fitzcarraldo Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFleeing a nameless war, a soldier emerges from the Mediterranean scrubland, filthy, exhausted and seeking refuge. A chance meeting forces him to rethink his journey, and the price he puts on a life. On 11 September 2001, aboard a small cruise ship near Berlin, a scientific conference pays tribute to the late Paul Heudeber, an East German mathematician, Buchenwald survivor, communist and anti-fascist whose commitment to his side of the Wall was unshaken by its collapse. The oblique pull between these two narratives – a cipher in itself – brings to light everything that is at stake in times of conflict: truth and deception, loyalty and betrayal, hope and despair. Superbly translated by Charlotte Mandell and told in Mathias Enard’s typically mesmerizing, inventive prose, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Deserters \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elays bare the ravages of war on the most intimate aspects of life – and asks what remains of our selves in its wreckage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fitzcarraldo Editions","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45608599191703,"sku":"9781804271636","price":878.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781804271636.webp?v=1769294667","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-deserters-9781804271636","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}