Your essay is a good summary of Journey. I think the first section is the strongest as at least Celine's poison pen is turned against the war. But it falls apart as it goes along, and the last part is almost completely disconnected from the rest of the novel and wanderes aimlessly for way too many pages. But worst is his gloomy and nihil…
Your essay is a good summary of Journey. I think the first section is the strongest as at least Celine's poison pen is turned against the war. But it falls apart as it goes along, and the last part is almost completely disconnected from the rest of the novel and wanderes aimlessly for way too many pages. But worst is his gloomy and nihilistic view of human nature. Camus's biography describes him throwing aside Celine's other novel, Mort à crédit, halfway through reading it, which rings true.
Your essay is a good summary of Journey. I think the first section is the strongest as at least Celine's poison pen is turned against the war. But it falls apart as it goes along, and the last part is almost completely disconnected from the rest of the novel and wanderes aimlessly for way too many pages. But worst is his gloomy and nihilistic view of human nature. Camus's biography describes him throwing aside Celine's other novel, Mort à crédit, halfway through reading it, which rings true.