- Published: 19 November 2024
- ISBN: 9781911717058
- Imprint: Fern Press
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 320
- RRP: $45.00
V13
Chronicle of a Trial

















- Published: 19 November 2024
- ISBN: 9781911717058
- Imprint: Fern Press
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 320
- RRP: $45.00
An affirmation of life, of survival, of the bonds of community and solidarity that allow us to rebuild in the aftermath of shattering violence
Adam Shatz
Forensic and troubling, deeply humane, utterly gripping, a book of singular importance for our times, on law as story and life, superbly rendered for the reader in English
Philippe Sands
Not since Hannah Arendt wrote about the trial of the Nazi Adolf Eichmann has a book laid bare the political and moral scaffolding of our times with such commitment and intelligence
Lyndsey Stonebridge
Impelled by a tolerant mind’s desire to confront the intolerable, V13 is an utterly riveting account of one of contemporary Europe’s darkest nights – and its anguished aftermath – by a French literary colossus
Rob Doyle
V13 is a work of profound moral imagination and inquiry. It is a dazzling book by one of the most extraordinary writers of our time
Katie Kitamura
Brilliant. Clear-eyed, wise and compelling
Paul Murray
An unforgettable book, a document of violence and dignity like no other, a work of such humanity and generous contemplation that it functions as a tribute to the value of testimony itself
Megan Nolan
A gripping testimony of terror and loss . . . the strength and humanity Carrère brings out makes for a reading experience that is at once humbling and invigorating
Observer
Carrère has . . . forged an extremely readable story out of a dizzying amount of information
New Statesman
Compelling and richly rendered . . . Carrère is one of the most exciting and formally innovative of current non-fiction writers
Guardian
It is hard to imagine a book emerging that will manage to be more informative, moving or likely to last than Emmanuel Carrère’s V13
Spectator
Magisterial . . . It's a reminder of humanity, and its frailty
Sunday Telegraph
Extraordinary and generous
Washington Post
Extraordinary . . . A lattice of absorbing storylines . . . Absolutely gripping
Chris Power, Guardian
Carrère’s icy, disclosing style is a marvel . . . In this marvellous and terrifying book, Carrère convinces us that good is not just morally better than evil. Good is actually more interesting than evil, and a harder philosophical problem to solve
Will Lloyd, Sunday Times
A curious but compelling mix of dramatic reconstruction, psychological deliberation and personal reflection
Economist
Emmanuel Carrère [is] quite possibly France’s best non-fiction writer… [V13 is] a masterpiece
New Statesman, *Books of the Year*
I’ll read anything by Emmanuel Carrère, a roving intellectual with a curious mind . . . A powerful read
The Times, *Books of the Year*