{"product_id":"the-camp-of-the-saints-paperback-1","title":"The Camp of the Saints - Paperback Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Camp of the Saints - Paperback Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrand new item and ready to ship fast from the U.S.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdd \u003cem\u003eThe Camp of the Saints\u003c\/em\u003e to your bookshelf in this convenient Paperback edition. Written by French author Jean Raspail, this controversial 1973 novel presents a dystopian fictional scenario centered on mass migration to France and the political and social response that follows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book has remained the subject of significant debate and criticism due to its depictions of immigrants, race, and cultural conflict. As a result, it is frequently discussed in the context of modern political rhetoric, immigration debates, French literature, and controversial 20th-century fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paperback format makes this edition suitable for readers, researchers, students, and collectors interested in examining the novel firsthand or studying its place in literary and political history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers of dystopian fiction, students of modern literature, researchers, political-history readers, and collectors of controversial or historically debated works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy You Need It Now\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBooks with a significant and controversial place in cultural and political history can remain relevant for readers seeking to understand the works behind ongoing public debates. Add \u003cem\u003eThe Camp of the Saints\u003c\/em\u003e Paperback Book to your collection today while it's available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA migrant fleet, a million strong, sets sail from Calcutta. Its destination: Europe. As the fleet advances, the continent is submerged under a torrent of words. Will the old nations of Europe resist the migrants or welcome them? Honor their past or embrace the radiant future? Open fire or open their hearts?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnthusiasm, delusion, cowardice. And, finally, panic. The migrants make landfall...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1973, Jean Raspail's \u003ci\u003eThe Camp of the Saints\u003c\/i\u003e ranks among the great dystopian novels of the twentieth century. Long out of print in translation, it is often hailed as prophesizing the mass migrations of our own day. The present edition contains an introduction by the scholar of French political thought Nathan Pinkoski, the 2011 preface that Raspail wrote by way of final testament for the book, and an original translation by Ethan Rundell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the first time available in English after years of neglect, this edition will allow a new generation of readers to pose Raspail's questions for themselves and measure the distance we have come - or not come - since the book was first published more than fifty years ago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Itasca Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48374459236573,"sku":"9798988739999","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/9798988739999ita_086536fc-5889-4eb7-a391-a9e369c49098.jpg?v=1786731048","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-camp-of-the-saints-paperback-1","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}