![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The disparate elements of the work are linked together by recurrent encounters with Léon Robinson, a hapless character whose experiences parallel, to some extent, those of Bardamu.Īs its title suggests, Voyage au bout de la nuit is a nihilistic novel of savage, exultant misanthropy, combined, however, with cynical humour. The novel also satirizes the medical profession and the vocation of scientific research. Bardamu is involved with World War I, colonial Africa, and post-WWI America (where he works for the Ford Motor Company), returning in the second half of the work to France, where he becomes a medical doctor and establishes a practice in a poor Paris suburb, the fictional La Garenne-Rancy. His surname, Bardamu, is derived from the French words Barda-the "pack" carried by World War I soldiers-and mu, the past participle of the verb mouvoir, meaning to move. Bardamu joins in a passing military parade to mock his patriotic countrymen, and ends up being drafted into. Journey begins with Céline’s protagonist, Ferdinand Bardamu, shooting the breeze with his buddy in 1910s Paris. This semi-autobiographical work describes antihero Ferdinand Bardamu. In Journey to the End of the Night, he grabs you by the back of the neck, shoves your face in it and doesn’t let go. Journey to the End of Night is the first novel of Louis-Ferdinand Céline. ![]()
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