Journey to the End of the Night
1932 autofiction novel by Louis-Ferdinand Céline / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the novel by Céline. For other uses, see Journey to the End of the Night (disambiguation).
Journey to the End of the Night (French: Voyage au bout de la nuit, 1932) is the first novel by Louis-Ferdinand Céline. This semi-autobiographical work follows the adventures of Ferdinand Bardamu in World War I, colonial Africa, the United States and the poor suburbs of Paris where he works as a doctor.
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Author | Louis-Ferdinand Céline |
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Original title | Voyage au bout de la nuit |
Translator | John H. P. Marks (1934), Ralph Manheim (1983) |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Publication date | 1932 |
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The novel won the Prix Renaudot in 1932 but divided critics due to the author's pessimistic depiction of the human condition and his innovative writing style based on working class speech, slang and neologisms. It is now widely considered to be one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century.