''Le diable l'emporte'' ("May the devil take him") is a 1948 novel by the French writer

René Barjavel René Barjavel (24 January 1911 – 24 November 1985) 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 ...

. 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.

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1948 science fiction novels 1948 French novels Apocalyptic novels Éditions Denoël books French science fiction novels French-language novels Novels by René Barjavel French post-apocalyptic novels {{1940s-specf-novel-stub