It is now widely considered to be one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century.Ĭéline began writing Journey to the End of the Night, his first novel, in 1929 while he was working as a doctor in a public clinic in the working class Paris suburb of Clichy. 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. 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. Journey to the End of the Night ( French: Voyage au bout de la nuit, 1932) is the first novel by Louis-Ferdinand Céline.
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