Folio Plus Classique: Voyage Au Bout de Nuit (Paperback)

from narwhaltortellini

(I'm not really going for rating this book's worth here, but just thought I'd mention how this was different from my expectations, in case anyone else was looking for the same thing.) When I read about this book it sounded a bit reminiscent of Catch-22 and other such works, so I decided to try it...

from charlie68

I found the writing good, but the general tone of the book dark and depressing. I was always searching for a light switch, metaphorically speaking.

from stillatim

Of course this was wildly revolutionary and changed the world and that sort of thing. On the other hand, it reminds me pretty strongly of the nineteenth century: a hefty dose of Baudelaire and Rimbaud; combined (odd, I admit) with seventeenth and eighteenth century picaresque novels. Does anythin...

from lriley

Probably my favorite book of all. Without a doubt the one that turned me into a reader. Celine is probably not for every taste. There's no disputing his racism--his anti-semitism. I don't wish to make excuses for it. With all that a great writer and a true innovator. To go beyond that is to hear ...

from DinoReader

I can confirm all the prior reviews that discuss Celine's negative view of humanity and life but what is important is that, placed in time, this is an amazing work whose literary style anticipates most of the twentieth century. It has an energy and directness that may have been done by a few prev...