Death on credit /
In Death on Credit, Ferdinand Bardamu, Celine's alter ego, is a doctor in Paris, treating the poor who seldom pay him but who take every advantage of his availability. The action is not continuous but goes back in time to earlier memories and often moves into fantasy, especially in Bardamu'...
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Group Author: | ; |
Published: |
Alma Books,
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Publisher Address: | Richmond, Surrey : |
Publication Dates: |
2017. ©2009 |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: |
English French |
Edition: | New edition. |
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Summary: |
In Death on Credit, Ferdinand Bardamu, Celine's alter ego, is a doctor in Paris, treating the poor who seldom pay him but who take every advantage of his availability. The action is not continuous but goes back in time to earlier memories and often moves into fantasy, especially in Bardamu's sexual escapades; the style becomes deliberately rougher and sentences disintegrate to catch the flavour of the teeming world of everyday Parisian tragedies, the struggle to make a living, illness, venereal disease, the sordid stories of families whose destiny is governed by their own stupidity, malice, lust and greed. This fascinating book by one of the greatest twentieth-century novelists is an unforgettable experience for the reader. |
Item Description: |
Translation of: Mort a credit. A revised edition first published: 2009. |
Carrier Form: | xii, 494 pages ; 20 cm |
ISBN: |
9781847496348 (paperback) : 1847496342 (paperback) |
CLC: | I565.45 |
Call Number: | I565.45/C392-1 |