The Deserters by Mathias Enard #literature Our expert authors combine facts

Our expert authors combine facts

Publication: 28 Aug 2025

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and his father ‘ambushing’ him by car – the pair relive Scottish dances

The Deserters by Mathias Enard #literature Our expert authors combine factsFleeing a nameless war, an unknown soldier emerges from deep within the Mediterranean scrubland, dirty and exhausted. 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 on the River Havel near Berlin, a conference of scientists pays homage to the late East German mathematician Paul Heudeber, a Buchenwald survivor and steadfast antifascist who remained loyal to his side