by Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Ernesto Ferrero
Originally, I thought about writing an eloquent review of this book, but intentions do not always come to bear fruit. The longer I think about it, the less apt I am to do it, so, instead of procrastinating, I'm just going to 'wing it' live.Here it goes. I first borrowed this book from a library, but...
Preface to the 1952 Gallimard Edition--Journey to the End of the NightGlossaryAfterword
In the spirit of Celine’s book I will try to curse in this review. I think he would approve. Well, shit. The bastards are out to get you. The question is, which bastards. This book, this stream of piss, is just like piss. No, re...
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Um...okay? Henry Miller told me to? This is one of those books that appear on "to-read" lists for about half my Goodreads friends, but zero of them have actually read it. And since my GR friends are an erudite pack (which is why I'm friends with them - so I can see what they think of books and then ...
Whoa. Just finished, processing, mulling, wondering…what do I say? How do you prepare someone? Should someone be prepared (I wasn’t)? Imagine the most depressing story you’ve ever read (and I’ve read ALL of McCarthy), narrated by the angriest of narrators (who may mellow, then again, maybe readers s...
I don't believe this book translated that well. I think the comic elements of the plot, which are often broad, come across as flat or artificial -- and that this is largely because comedy (unlike tragedy) doesn't translate very well or very easily from one language to another. I imagine that in th...
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