 Semprún's first book, "Le grand voyage" ("The Long Voyage" in English; republished as "The Cattle Truck" in 2005 by Serif), was published in 1963 by Gallimard.It recounts Semprún's deportation and incarceration in Buchenwald in fictionalized form.A feature of the novel, and with Semprún's work in general, is its fractured chronology.