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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.
In Journey to the End of the Night, Céline presents the horror and stupidity of war as an implacable force which "turns the ordinary individual into an animal intent only on survival". [62] McCarthy contends that for Céline war is "the most striking manifestation of the evil present in the human condition." [63]
“Journey to the End of the Night,” a literary masterpiece penned by controversial French author Louis-Ferdinand Céline, is being adapted for the big screen by Joann Sfar (“The Rabbi’s Cat ...
Ferdinand Bardamu is the protagonist of Louis-Ferdinand Céline's 1932 novel Journey to the End of the Night (Voyage au bout de la nuit).. The hero's first name, Ferdinand, is shared with Céline, the author/narrator for whom he acts as a surrogate.
In Death on Credit, Ferdinand Bardamu, former Céline alter ego in Journey to the End of the Night—of which it is a sort of prequel—is a doctor in Paris, treating the poor who seldom pay him but take every advantage of his availability.
Celine Dion is singing once more—exactly as she promised fans she would. Closing the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony with a performance of Edith Piaf’s “L’Hymne à l’amour,” Dion ...
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