Books for people who loves Celine

[A. Bandini]

Anyone?

[andave_ya]

who's Celine?

[mortalterror]

who's Celine?

He wrote one of the funniest and coolest French novels of the twentieth century: Journey to the End of the Night. He has a very dark sense of humor, and his first novel is semi-autobiographical, at first leading him through the hazards of WWI, then a hospital for invalids where he recovers from wounds, and then to South Africa to the heart of the French Colonial jungle, and then to America. It's a little bit like Slaughterhouse-five, meets Catch-22, meets All Quiet on the Western Front, meets Heart of Darkness, meets The Stranger. Well worth the read.

[A. Bandini]

Yeah! Mortalterror! You know your litterature. I hope I will get more tips on this:)

[March Hare]

It's a little bit like Slaughterhouse-five, meets Catch-22, meets All Quiet on the Western Front, meets Heart of Darkness, meets The Stranger.

Now that's an intriguing description.

[blp]

Bukowski was a big Celine fan, I think.

[Desolation]

Celine is the greatest.

I think Henry Miller is America's Celine, he has a lot of the bitterness, more sex, and an equally great style.

Jean-Paul Sartre's 'Nausea' is also a good match.

[A. Bandini]

Wow, Desolation, I should have your top ten list of books (or more). Really interesting recomendations. I`ve been seeking around for Nausea (in Norway) for a couple of days, but didn`t manage to get it before my vacation.. (out of print). I will get it in the library later on.

[sixsmith]

He wrote one of the funniest and coolest French novels of the twentieth century: Journey to the End of the Night. He has a very dark sense of humor, and his first novel is semi-autobiographical, at first leading him through the hazards of WWI, then a hospital for invalids where he recovers from wounds, and then to South Africa to the heart of the French Colonial jungle, and then to America. It's a little bit like Slaughterhouse-five, meets Catch-22, meets All Quiet on the Western Front, meets Heart of Darkness, meets The Stranger. Well worth the read.

Yes it is a very great and very influential book . I'd add Philip Roth to the mix. 'Sabbath's Theatre' springs to mind though you can find Celine's influence in several of Roth's novels.

[eyemaker]

I never had a chance reading her..though I guess it's nice to try

[Josh Wardrip]

A lot of people were influenced by Celine. You'll find some stylistic similarities in William Burroughs. And yes, Bukowski frequently cited Celine as a major influence. You might also like Jean Genet.

[Mark F.]

I never had a chance reading her..though I guess it's nice to try

He's a guy. Céline was his grandmother's first name, he used it as a nom de plume. Louis Ferdinand Destouches was his real name. They guy lead an incredible life, he faught in the Great War then became a doctor, worked in the colonies and the United States. After publishing "Journey to the End of the Night" in the 30's he started advocating antisemitisme and after WWII he had to flee France for Denmark where he lived a few years. He came back to France and finished his life as a writer and part time doctor in the Paris suburbs, holding free consultations for poor patients.

I've only read a couple of his books but "Journey to the End of the Night" is one of the greatest 20th century novels.

[eyemaker]

He's a guy. Céline was his grandmother's first name, he used it as a nom de plume. Louis Ferdinand Destouches was his real name. They guy lead an incredible life, he faught in the Great War then became a doctor, worked in the colonies and the United States. After publishing "Journey to the End of the Night" in the 30's he started advocating antisemitisme and after WWII he had to flee France for Denmark where he lived a few years. He came back to France and finished his life as a writer and part time doctor in the Paris suburbs, holding free consultations for poor patients.

I've only read a couple of his books but "Journey to the End of the Night" is one of the greatest 20th century novels.

I stand corrected.:) Thanks

[Desolation]

Wow, Desolation, I should have your top ten list of books (or more).Ok....(Other than 'Journey to the End of the Night')
'Thus Spoke Zarathustra' by Friedrich Nietzsche
'On the Road' by Jack Kerouac
'Swann's Way' by Marcel Proust
'Notes from Underground' by Fyodor Dostoevsky
'Nausea' by Jean-Paul Sartre
'The Collected Poems of Allen Ginsberg'
'Leaves of Grass' by Walt Whitman
'The Complete Works of Arthur Rimbaud'
'Tropic of Capricorn' by Henry Miller
'The Stranger' by Albert Camus

Other than Whitman, they're all similar to Celine's works in some way or another.