Louis-Ferdinand CELINE is organizing the reissue of Voyage au bout de la nuit.

“He’s going to release the Voyage one of these days in Brussels. That's all. We will see the reactions at that time. »

1.800€

Louis-Ferdinand CELINE (1894.1961)

Autograph letter signed to Jean-Gabriel Daragnès.

Five folio pages. (Korsør). ^May 1 (1949)

Slight central tears in the folds of the leaves.

Unpublished letter to the Correspondence de la Pléiade.

“We are already, so to speak, dead, of never, never, ever laughing. »

Long and rich letter from Céline relating to the interventions in her favor by Raoul Nordling, Consul of Sweden in Paris, and to the reissue of Voyage au bout de la nuit by the publisher Ch. Frémanger. Céline evokes Albert Camus whose support he had requested.

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“My dear old man, I am hurrying to answer your letter, point by point like Wilson, to avoid any confusion. 1° I wrote to you in Fez… 2° Nordling is messing up. He asked me to form a small group of friends etc. I didn't really want to do it... I complied... I rather answered no... Well, I could have sent him crowds... I sent him Marie Bell - hardly a collaborator -! Camus and Drss Odette Poulain , 1 rue de Bellechasse – high representative. It wasn't me who messed up, it was him . We will do what he will do with Schumann. This all seems quite odious and muddy. We came to see the curious beast here. How nice. But I think that's all […] we always say shh shh shh. Above all, don't give a damn. Nordling wanted to go dildoing on the French Riviera with ladybug. He was annoyed that we asked for him […] Mik is also going to go to Paris to dildo. He has nothing to do with it and doesn't want to do anything with it either. He is a man who is bored to death. English spleen and avarice. A very brave heart but he is like that. So don’t tell him anything about the reissues […]

No news from Joulon – he must be stuck in an ass – or a savannah […] I made the applications for Spain – official , but as I don't have a passport it will remain windy until the moment where I have received the legal blow, then I will thank heaven and earth. But what should I do with my current muddy, fishy state? Everything is done (…) Have you heard of Frémanger. He will come to see you at the end of May. It is thus agreed. […] He will release the Voyage one of these days in Brussels. That's all. We will see the reactions at that time. Sailboats, etc… […] If you go back to the North don’t forget us! We would love to see you and kiss you. We are already, so to speak, dead, from never, never, ever laughing. »