The Long Voyage | Jorge Semprun, Richard Seaver
The Long Voyage is Jorge Semprun's devastatingly honest and heartbreaking account of a young Spaniard captured fighting with the French Resistance, and the days and nights he spends in the company of 119 other men, in a cattle truck that rolls slowly but inexorably towards Buchenwald. During the seemingly endless journey, he has conversations that range from his childhood to speculations about the death camps. First published in 1963, in French, The Long Voyage won the prestigious Formentor Prize.