CÉLINE, Louis Ferdinand. Normance. Champaign, IL: Dalkey Archive Press. 2009. 8vo. Softcover wraps. Advance uncorrected galley proof. White wraps, with an informational sheet loosely inserted on the book and publication information. About fine, gently bumped at extremities with a few faint marks. The sheet folded and crimped a touch. Uncommon.
The last novel by Céline to be published into English—the publishers had previously translated and/or published London Bridge, North, Rigadoon, Conversations with Professor Y, and Castle to Castle. The novel takes place in the final few months of the Second World War, when Celine had sided with the Nazis and his anti-semitism had soured his remarkable literary reputation. His misanthropy, his paradoxical being, and his inimitable prose are all present here.
CÉLINE, Louis Ferdinand. Normance. Champaign, IL: Dalkey Archive Press. 2009. 8vo. Softcover wraps. Advance uncorrected galley proof. White wraps, with an informational sheet loosely inserted on the book and publication information. About fine, gently bumped at extremities with a few faint marks. The sheet folded and crimped a touch. Uncommon.
The last novel by Céline to be published into English—the publishers had previously translated and/or published London Bridge, North, Rigadoon, Conversations with Professor Y, and Castle to Castle. The novel takes place in the final few months of the Second World War, when Celine had sided with the Nazis and his anti-semitism had soured his remarkable literary reputation. His misanthropy, his paradoxical being, and his inimitable prose are all present here.
