First published in 1932, 'Journey to the End of the Night' is regarded as Celine's masterpiece. It is told in the first person and is based on his own experiences during the First World War.
First published in 1932, 'Journey to the End of the Night' is regarded as Celine's masterpiece. It is told in the first person and is based on his own...
When Celine's first novel, Journey to the End of the Night was first published in 1932, it created an instant scandal, being extravagantly praised by its supporters and savagely attacked by its horrified opponents. Four years later came the sequel, Death on Credit. Both were a new kind of novel, frank about the author's thoughts and actions in ways that readers had never encountered, ultra-realistic - and full of incidents that could not possibly be true to life - and characters that stretched the imagination.In Death on Credit, Ferdinand Bardamu, Celine's alter ego, is a doctor in Paris,...
When Celine's first novel, Journey to the End of the Night was first published in 1932, it created an instant scandal, being extravagantly praised by ...
