{"product_id":"9780811239011","title":"The Deserters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTranslated from the original French by Charlotte Mandell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Énard, Mathias","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48094609768702,"sku":"9780811239011","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0556\/1532\/4335\/files\/The_Deserters.png?v=1776740864","url":"https:\/\/wanderingraccoonbooks.com\/products\/9780811239011","provider":"Wandering Raccoon Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}