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1948 novel by René Barjavel


First edition
Author	René Barjavel
Language	French
Publisher	Éditions Denoël
Publication date	1948
Publication place	France
Pages	310

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.

References

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

v t e Works by René Barjavel
Novels	Ashes, Ashes (1943) Future Times Three (1944) The Tragic Innocents (1946) Le diable l'emporte (1948) The Ice People (1968) Les Chemins de Katmandou (1969) The Immortals (1973) Les Dames à la licorne (1974) Une rose au paradis (1981) La Tempête (1982) L'Enchanteur (1984)
Screenplays	Women Without Names (1950) Little World of Don Camillo (1952) Midnight Witness (1953) The Return of Don Camillo (1953) L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard (1954) Don Camillo's Last Round (1955) Goubbiah, mon amour (1956) The Terror with Women (1956) The Case of Doctor Laurent (1957) The Man in the Raincoat (1957) Girls for the Summer (1958) Les Misérables (1958) Toto in Paris (1958) An Angel on Wheels (1959) The High Life (1960) Highway Pickup (1963) The Pleasure Pit (1969)
Adaptations	Le grand secret (1989)

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