The only child of Fernand Destouches and Marguerite-Louise-Céline Guilloux, he was born Louis Ferdinand Auguste … See more

While Céline's first two novels contained no overt antisemitism, his polemical books Bagatelles pour un massacre (Trifles for a Massacre) (1937) and L'École des cadavres (The School of Corpses) (1938) are virulentl… See more

Céline's novels reflect a pessimistic view of the human condition in which human suffering is inevitable, death is final, and hopes for human progress and happiness are illusory. He depicts a world where there is no moral … See more

Céline is widely considered to be one of the major French novelists of the twentieth century. According to George Steiner: "[T]wo bodies of work lead into the idiom and sensibility of twentieth-century narrative: t… See more

• Journey to the End of the Night (Voyage au bout de la nuit) 1932; tr. by John H. P. Marks (1934); tr. by Manheim, Ralph (1983). New York: New Directions Publishing ISBN 0-8112-0847-8
• Death on Credit (Mort … See more