The Camp of the Saints
Cover of the first edition | |
| Author | Jean Raspail |
|---|---|
| Original title | Le Camp des Saints |
| Translator | Norman Shapiro |
| Language | French |
| Publisher | Éditions Robert Laffont |
Publication date | 1973 |
| Publication place | France |
Published in English | 1975 |
| Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) |
| ISBN | 978-0-684-14240-1 |
| OCLC | 1174645 |
| 843/.9/14 | |
| LC Class | PZ4.R227 Cam PQ2635.A379 |
The Camp of the Saints (French: Le Camp des Saints) is a 1973 French dystopian fiction novel by author and explorer Jean Raspail. A speculative fictional account, it depicts the destruction of Western civilization through Third World mass immigration to France and the Western world. Almost 40 years after its initial publication, the novel returned to the bestseller list in 2011.
On its publication, the book received praise from some prominent French literary figures, and through time has also been praised by some critics and politicians in Europe and the United States, but has also been widely criticized by both French and English-language commentators for conveying racist themes, xenophobia, nativism, monoculturalism, and anti-immigration content. The novel is popular within far-right and white nationalist circles.