by René Barjavel · Folio · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070362387
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«Ravage» is the post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by René Barjavel, published by Folio in paperback (320 pages, in French).
In the Paris of 2052, a hyper-technological civilization depends entirely on electricity. When it suddenly fails, the city descends into chaos: fires and epidemics spread. Young François Deschamps gathers a group of survivors and sets out on a journey towards Provence to escape the destruction and found a new society.
Number 238 in the Folio collection. The novel was originally published in 1943.
For readers of science fiction and dystopias, especially those interested in French literature.
René Barjavel was a French author, journalist and critic who may have been the first to think of the grandfather paradox in time travel. He was born in Nyons, a town in the Drôme department in southeastern France. He is best known as a science fiction author, whose work often involved the fall of civilisation due to technocratic hubris and the madness of war, but who also favoured themes emphasising the durability of love.
