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Rigadoon by Louis-Ferdinand Céline is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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ReviewCéline quite deliberately makes us feel the inescapable, mind-rotting horror of endless chaos, the fact of war as Americans have never known it. (_Washington Post Book World_ ) Céline's explosive language and style is the very sign of his experience: its full impact explodes, as if by delayed reaction, before the eyes, and in the consciousness, of author, narrator, and reader alike. (_Times Literary Supplement_ ) Lit with a flash of frighteningly lucid prophecy, and seen to be nothing less than the doom of the human race. . . . But what is oddest of all about Rigadoon, and what distinguishes it from Céline's other work, is its sense of peace, almost of consummation, at the sight of a Europe in rubble and flames. (_The New York Times Book Review_ ) More than most modern authors, [Céline is] able to plunge directly into the burning center, where Europe, in rage and anguish, is tearing itself apart. In so doing, he captures the heat and energy of he final holocaust better than almost anyone. (_The Nation_ ) Manheim’s translation succeeds in capturing the powerful immediacy of Céline’s prose. (_Library Journal_ ) Product DescriptionCompleted right before his death in 1961, Rigado

Who reads Rigadoon?

Author

Louis-Ferdinand Céline

Publisher

Dalkey Archive Press

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781564781628

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Romance, Fiction

Rating

3.94 / 5 (268 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14