ARGONAUT BOOKS

The latest novel by 2015 Prix Goncourt-winner Mathias Enard, The Deserters lays bare the devastations of war on the most intimate aspects of our lives. Reviews 'A heady and ambiguous mix of images, letters, admissions and reprisals from decades past … feature the rich, densely poetic language that readers of Énard may recall from previous works like Zone and Compass, a kind of neo-modernism replete with bits of interior monologue and adventurous indentation. (Credit the translator Charlotte Mandell, adept in both registers.) In this artful and sad novel, forbearance i...Read More