Civilizations (novel)

Civilizations
AuthorLaurent Binet
TranslatorSam Taylor
LanguageFrench
GenreAlternate history, Historical fiction
PublisherGrasset & Fasquelle
Publication date
2019
Publication placeFrance
Published in English
2021
Media typePrint
Pages320
ISBN978-2-246-81309-5

Civilizations is a 2019 novel by French writer Laurent Binet. The novel depicts an alternate history in which the Americas are never colonised by the Europeans, and the Inca emperor Atahualpa invades Europe.

The novel won the 2019 Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française,[1] and Sam Taylor's English translation was awarded the Sidewise Award for Alternate History in 2021.[2]

  1. ^ "Laurent BINET". L'Académie française">. Archived from the original on 2023-09-26. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  2. ^ "2021 Sidewise Award Winners". Locus. June 12, 2021.