Fable for Another Time: Ferie Pour Une Autre Fois I (French Modernist Library Series)

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Summary: Straight From the Gods
Review: Celine once wrote that those who don't imitate him are doomed, that he is Literature's favorite child. He's right. Fable for Another Time is proof. I'm in awe of this novel - it's a lot like the brilliant "Castle To Castle," only denser, perhaps too dense for a mass audience. He's at the peak of his literary talent here, but he's also been driven insane by his time in the Danish prison and the death sentence that hung over him in France, and that insanity hasn't yet settled down to the cranky humor of "Castle." A novel to re-read and re-read for the sheer pleasure, bile and beauty of it all.

Rating:
Summary: Impressive!
Review: I really enjoyed Fable For Another Time. If you are a big fan of Celine's work you will too! The book moves rapidly as the main character tells his tale of time spent in a prison. I think out of all of Celine's novels, the one shows the most about him.

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Summary: Not lost in translation!
Review: One has to admire the courage of the translator. To tackle Celine's astonishing (poetic) raving and make it come through and together, so that you keep on reading, is quite an accomplishment.
Everything is here, au pair with the best of Celine's book-rants. What madness!
In retrospect, Celine defintely looms like one of the elect few grandmasters of the 20th century writing. Perhaps the greatest 20th centrury French author in the grand tradition going back to Rabelais and over to les poets maudits (Rimbaud, Verlaine, Baudelaire).
What raving genius!