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Journey to the End of the Night

by Louis-Ferdinand Celine

The dark side of On the Road : instead of seeking kicks, the French narrator travels the globe to find an ever deeper disgust for life. Louis-Ferdinand Celine's revulsion and anger at what he considered the idiocy and hypocrisy of society explodes from nearly every page of this novel. Filled with slang and obscenities and written in raw, colloquial... (more)

Death on the installment plan, (A New Directions book)

Death on the installment plan, (A New Directions book)

by Louis Ferdinand Celine

Louis-Ferdinand Celine's second novel continues the style of black humor and the delirious but immediate prose that made the author instantly famous in his native France in the aftermath of World War I. Celine's goal was to create a kind of literature that described people in honest terms, unembellished by the conventions of fiction, no matter how mean and crummy they were, and to portray them in the real ... (more)

Guignol's band,

by Louis-Ferdinand D. Celine

London Bridge

by Louis-Ferdinand Celine

In this widely acclaimed translation, Dominic Di Bernardi expertly captures Celine's trademark style of prose which has served as inspiration to such American writers as Philip Roth, Kurt Vonnegut, William Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Charles Bukowski, Norman Mailer and Joseph Heller. One of the last major untranslated works by France's most controversial author, London Bridge is a riotous novel about the... (more)

Voyage au bout de la nuit

by Louis-Ferdinand Celine

The It Girl: Book 1

The It Girl

by Cecily Von Ziegesar

Popular Gossip Girl character Jenny Humphrey is leaving Constance Billard to attend Waverly Academy, an elite boarding school in New York horse country where glamorous rich kids dont let the rules get in the way of an excellent time. Jennys determined to leave her crazy Manhattan past behind and become a sophisticated goddess on campus. But first shell have to contend with her self-absorbed roommates, Callie... (more)

Castle to castleLouis-Ferdinand Celine

Castle to castle

by Louis-Ferdinand Celine

Céline: Journey to the End of the Night (Landmarks of World Literature)

Céline: Journey to the End of the Night (Landmarks of World Literature)

by John Sturrock

This textbook series is ambitious in scope. It provides concise and lucid introductions to major works of world literature from classical antiquity to the twentieth century. It is not confined to any single literary tradition or genre, and will cumulatively form a substantial library of textbooks on some of the most important and widely read literary masterpieces. Each book is devoted to a single work and provides... (more)

Castle to Castle (French Literature)

by Louis-Ferdinand Céline

It is Germany near the end of World War II, the Allies have landed and members of the Vichy France government have been sequestered in a labyrinthine castle, replete with secret passages and subterranean hideaways. The group of 1,400 terrified officials, their wives, mistresses, flunkies, and Nazi protectors—including CÃ©line, his wife, their cat, and an actor friend—attempt to postpone the postwar reckoning under... (more)

Celine Dion: My Story, My Dream

by Ce?line Dion

The talented and beautiful woman who has moved us with her singing now moves us with her words. Celine Dion -- My Story, My Dream is an unforgettable true story of courage, perseverance, dedication, and devotion -- told with the wide-eyed honesty of someone who has basked in the glowing adoration of millions of fans but has never lost touch with her working-class roots. Here is a book for anyone who has ever... (more)