Beck’s Book Club
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Beck’s Book Club
Hello Darkness: Louis-Ferdinand Céline's controversial novel, Journey to the End of the Night
Read first! This podcast episode centered on Louis-Ferdinand Céline's controversial novel, Journey to the End of the Night. The analysis extensively details the novel's plot, tracing the protagonist's disillusioning experiences through war, colonialism, capitalism, and medicine. It further explores the book's central themes of absurdity, exploitation, and the illusion of societal structures. Finally, the source examines Céline's groundbreaking and visceral prose style, alongside the novel's philosophical underpinnings and enduring literary legacy.
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