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Thedarksideof"OntheRoad"insteadofseekingkicks,theFrenchnarratortravelstheglobetofindaneverdeeperdisgustforlife.Louis-FerdinandCeline'srevulsionandangeratwhatheconsideredtheidiocyandhypocrisyofsocietyexplodes
作者简介
Louis-FerdinandCeline,pennameofDr.Louis-FerdinandDestouches,isbestknownforhisworksVoyageauboutdelanuit(JourneytotheEndoftheNight),andMortàcrédit(DeathontheInstallmentPlan).HishighlyinnovativewritingstyleusingParisianvernacular,vulgarities,andintentionallypepperingellipsesthroughoutthetextwasusedtoevokethecadenceofspeech.Louis-FerdinandDestoucheswasraisedinParis,inaflatovertheshoppingarcadewherehismotherhadalacestore.Hisparentswerepoor(fatheraclerk,motheraseamstress).AfteraneducationthatincludedstintsinGermanyandEngland,herperformedavarietyofdead-endjobsbeforeheenlistedintheFrenchcavalryin1912twoyearsbeforetheoutbreakoftheFirstWorldWarin1914.WhileservingontheWesternFronthewaswoundedintheheadandsufferedseriousinjuries–acrippledarmandheadachesthatplaguedhimallhislife–butalsowinningamedalofhonour.Releasedfrommilitaryservice,hestudiedmedicineandemigratedtotheUSAwhereheworkedasastaffdoctoratthenewlybuildFordplantinDetroitbeforereturningtoFranceandestablishingamedicalpracticeamongtheParisianpoor.Theirexperiencesarefeaturedprominentlyinhisfiction.Althoughheisoftencitedasoneofthemostinfluentialandgreatestwritersofthetwentiethcentury,heiscertainlyacontroversialfigure.Afterembracingfascism,hepublishedthreeantisemiticpamphlets,andvacillatedbetweensupportanddenunciationofHitler.HefledtoGermanyandDenmarkin1945wherehewasimprisonedforayearanddeclaredanationaldisgrace.HethenreceivedamnestyandreturnedtoParisin1951.KurtVonnegut,Jr.,HenryMiller,WilliamBurroughs,andCharlesBukowskihaveallcitedhimasanimportantinfluence.
