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By: Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Narrated by: Justin Avoth
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Louis-Ferdinand Céline thunders out from the grave with this long-lost novel. Looted by the Resistance during the liberation of Paris and resurfacing only in 2020, War is a major rediscovery. It begins in the chaotic battlefields of Flanders, with Bardamu (Céline’s fictional alter ego) surrounded by corpses. Wounded and shell-shocked, he wanders in hallucination, finding refuge at a hospital in Peurdu-sur-la-Lys and striking up a friendship with a Parisian pimp – however, the war continues to drive itself under his skin and destroy him.

Powered by Céline’s trademark vitriol, War is an unflinching account of life on the Western Front and a potent take on physical and mental trauma. Written only a couple of years after Journey to the End of the Night, it is the essential missing link in Céline’s oeuvre.

Please be advised that this audiobook contains language that some may find offensive.

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Public Domain (P)2024 Naxos AudioBooks UK Ltd. 20th Century Classics Genre Fiction Historical Fiction War & Military World Literature World War I
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If you like a dose of nihilism this is for you. He’s a good writer who really lets you into his mind — somewhere you may not want to be.

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