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In an incredible turn of events, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, as if declaiming from his grave, thunders back to life: that inimitable, scorching, and monstrously powerful voice roars at us a new in this long-lost novelCéline had long claimed that Death on the Installment Plan was part of a trilogy, and that the manuscripts of War and London had been stolen by the Resistance from his apartment, when he fled for his life―an abhorred collaborator―from Paris. Few believed him, but then, mysteriously, the manuscripts came to light in 2020. Greeted rapturously in France (“a miracle,” Le Monde; “the discovery of a great text,” Le Point), War is sure to be more controversy abroad. Though much revered as “the most blackly humorous and disenchanted voice in all of French literature” (London Review of Books), Céline is also reviled for his infamous antisemitic wartime pamphlets. War begins with Ferdinand waking in shock on the battlefield, grievously injured, with all his comrades sprawled out dead around him: it’s a scene of visceral horror, carnage, and pain.The novel’s key idea―that trench warfare lodges itself in the soldier’s head forever, goes on destroying him, cuts him off from those who have not been on the front, and makes the hypocrisies of their safe world repugnant―drives itself under the reader’s skin, powered by the sheer velocity of Céline’s voracious, gritty, raw, graphic style. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ New Directions


Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 9, 2024


Edition ‏ : ‎ Translation


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 144 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 081123732X


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 21


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.21 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.2 x 0.4 x 8 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #415,789 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #281 in World War I Historical Fiction (Books) #282 in Historical World War I Fiction (Books) #3,763 in War Fiction (Books)


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Top Amazon Reviews

    • FERDINAND CELINE ON WAR
Format: Paperback
No person can describe a war like Ferdinand Celine - the French mastermind. Spellbinding but hard to read as contains so much information crammed into a tight space. So overwhelming and so gripping and sarcastic at the same time. You will never go to war after reading this rather short book for Celine standards. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2025 by Kim Bergenser
    • Desperatley anti-war
Format: Paperback
Celine, controversial author, yet always worth reading. Perhaps, too much sex in it, which , in my opinion, is somewhat redundant. Bebert character is a masterpice.
Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2024 by Gaetano Aiello
    • Combat Horror at its Most Intense and Haunting
Format: Kindle
Right off we have descriptions of war -- World War I trench warfare specifically -- that more intensely convey the horrors of the immediate experience of ground-combat than any we have had before, although stretches of Gustave Hasford's "The Shorttimers," James Jones' "The Thin Red Line " and Norman Mailer's "The Naked and The Dead" come close. Remarque's "All Quiet on the Western Front" is comparably intense, but Its combat horrors seem more as elegiacally recalled than of directly experiencd. By contrast Hemingway' combat descriptions in “A Farewell to Arms” seem strenuously poetic. The after shock of this experience is unforgettably portrayed as a persistent hammering sound in pne's head of combats past. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2024 by Alex Hicks
    • This UK translation isn't as good as the US version
Format: Hardcover
Unless you are a completist and feel the need to get both, don't bother with Berg's translation: it's inferior to Mandell's in many ways. His decision to use British slang to approximate L-F C's argot is unfortunate, and at times laughable...
Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2024 by Editor
    • Brief read expands the intro to Journey Brief read expands the intro to Journey
Format: Paperback
Review Image by M. Salmestrelli
Review Image by M. Salmestrelli
Review Image by M. Salmestrelli
This is hardly a novel. Certainly not up to the standard you'd expect from this legendary writer. Journey to the End of The Night largely starts with WW1 and this expands on that section of the novel for me but not much else. It is not a thorough deep dive on that nightmare experience. I wouldn't have minded this tiny book being expanded with war letters and journals but it isn't. Céline is the writer that influenced some of your favorites. Bukowski mentioned Journey once or twice in his book "Women" (how I learned about him) and Céline's imagery and blunt, nearly hysterical prose style makes me think of Hunter S Thompson but HST could never reach his level of vitriol even if he was reviewing Nixon's autobiography for a third time in a week. The author's work is worth learning about (not the type of author taught in most or maybe any University) but this book is a really lousy place to start. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2024 Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2024 by M. Salmestrelli

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