{"product_id":"the-deserters","title":"The Deserters","description":"\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuperbly translated by Charlotte Mandell and told in Mathias Enard’s typically mesmerizing, inventive prose, The Deserters lays bare the ravages of war on the most intimate aspects of life – and asks what remains of our selves in its wreckage.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Featherheart Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49034255073504,"sku":"9781804271636","price":2990.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/4987\/2096\/files\/9781804271636.jpg?v=1773283917","url":"https:\/\/featherheartbooks.com\/products\/the-deserters","provider":"Featherheart Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}