The Deserters
Two lives intersect across timelines in this lyrical tale of a soldier, a German mathematician and the human cost of war.
From the winner of the Prix Goncourt, an epic, furious novel that shows the dangers of ideology and the aftermath of war
LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2026
SHORTLISTED FOR THE FRENCH-AMERICAN FOUNDATION TRANSLATION PRIZE 2025
A 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 confe...



