The nihilistic masterpiece, inscribed Louis-Ferdinand Céline, 1932 CÉLINE, Louis-Ferdinand (1894-1961). Voyage au bout de la nuit . Paris: Denoël et Steel, 1932. Céline's first novel, inscribed : "A Mon Phineas Good / Très cordial hommage / D'un plaisir a New York / L.F. Celine." Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches, better known under his pen name Céline, worked as a physician before abandoning medical practice for writing. His autobiographical Voyage au bout de la nuit follows the misadventures of misanthropic anti-hero Ferdinand Bardamu. Stylistically inventive, and drenched with nihilism and anxiety, it cemented Céline's place in 20th-century literature. Later printing. Connolly 74. Octavo (185 x 115mm). Original wrappers printed in black and red (fading to spine, lightly soiled, a little chipping and wear at extremities; lacking front endpaper). Provenance : Phineas Good (inscription) – previous owner's pencil notes to half-title and light underlining to text.
The nihilistic masterpiece, inscribed Louis-Ferdinand Céline, 1932 CÉLINE, Louis-Ferdinand (1894-1961). Voyage au bout de la nuit . Paris: Denoël et Steel, 1932. Céline's first novel, inscribed : "A Mon Phineas Good / Très cordial hommage / D'un plaisir a New York / L.F. Celine." Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches, better known under his pen name Céline, worked as a physician before abandoning medical practice for writing. His autobiographical Voyage au bout de la nuit follows the misadventures of misanthropic anti-hero Ferdinand Bardamu. Stylistically inventive, and drenched with nihilism and anxiety, it cemented Céline's place in 20th-century literature. Later printing. Connolly 74. Octavo (185 x 115mm). Original wrappers printed in black and red (fading to spine, lightly soiled, a little chipping and wear at extremities; lacking front endpaper). Provenance : Phineas Good (inscription) – previous owner's pencil notes to half-title and light underlining to text.
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