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  <name><![CDATA[Louis-Ferdinand Céline]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Louis-Ferdinand Celine, pen name of Dr. Louis-Ferdinand Destouches, is best known for his works &lt;i&gt;Voyage au bout de la nuit&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Journey to the End of the Night&lt;/i&gt;), and &lt;i&gt;Mort à crédit&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Death on the Installment Plan&lt;/i&gt;). His highly innovative writing style  using Parisian vernacular, vulgarities, and intentionally peppering ellipses throughout the text was used to evoke the cadence of speech. 
Although he is often cited as one of the most influential and greatest writers of the twentieth century, he is certainly a controversial figure. After embracing fascism, he published three antisemitic pamphlets, and vacillated between support and denunciation of Hitler. He fled to Germany and Denmark in 1945 where he was imprisoned for a year and declared a national disgrace. He then received amnesty and returned to Paris in 1951. 
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Henry Miller, William Burroughs, and Charles Bukowski have all cited him as an important influence.
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  <title><![CDATA[Journey to the End of the Night (New Directions Paperbook)]]></title>
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  <published>1932</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Death on the Installment Plan]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Guignol's Band]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Louis-Ferdinand Céline]]></name>
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  <published>1951</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[North]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Ralph Manheim]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Castle to Castle]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Louis-Ferdinand Céline]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Conversations With Professor Y]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Louis-Ferdinand Céline]]></name>
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  <published>1955</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Rigadoon (French Literature Series (Normal, Ill.).)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Louis-Ferdinand Céline]]></name>
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  <published>1969</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[London Bridge]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Louis-Ferdinand Céline]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Fable for Another Time: Ferie Pour Une Autre Fois I (French Modernist Library Series)]]></title>
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  <published>1995</published>  
  
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        <book id="2811583">
  <title><![CDATA[دسته‌ی دلقک‌ها]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Louis-Ferdinand Céline]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[مهدی سحابی]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.85</average_rating>
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  <published>2006</published>  
  
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