First edition
AuthorRené Barjavel
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
PublisherÉditions Denoël
Publication date
1948
Pages310

Le diable l'emporte ("May the devil take him") is a 1948 novel by the French writer René Barjavel. It revolves a future world war with devastating weapon technology, which forces the last surviving humans to live deep underground in a secret vault. The book has a pessimistic message about technology and celebrates the down-to-earth man and traditional farmer.[1][2]

References

  1. Belot, Robert (2015). L' Atome et la France: Aux origines de la technoscience française (in French). ISBN 978-2-7381-6481-0.
  2. "Le diable l'emporte". Culture SF (in French). Retrieved 2016-08-07.


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