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Loading... Rigadoon (1969)by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Céline's deranged & damaged WWII travels escaping from France (he was a nazi sympathizer) into Germany. Contrary to what one might expect, Céline writes of trying to help people as a doctor, & is, as the bk description here says, "compassionate". Maybe he was just trying to cover his ass in case he was caught. The writing technique is somewhat disjointed - mostly phrases separated by ellipses. Reminds me of Burroughs' cut-ups in its harshness & fragmentation. ( ) « - Docteur, vite !... vous devez vous douter... toute cette gare ici n'est qu'un piège... tous ces gens des trains sont à liquider... ils sont de trop... vous aussi vous êtes de trop... moi aussi... - Comment savez-vous ? - Docteur, je vous expliquerai plus tard... maintenant il faut vous attendre... vite !... ça sera fait cette nuit... - Pourquoi ? - Parce qu'ils n'ont plus de places dans les camps... et plus de nourriture... et que dehors ça se sait... » no reviews | add a review
Completed right before his death in 1961, Rigadoon, the most compassionate of Celine's novels, explores the ravages of war and its aftermath. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)843.912Literature French and related languages French fiction Modern Period 20th Century 1900-1945LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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