Céline

by Philippe Muray

Écrire sur Céline, tout Céline, analyser le romancier génial, l'atroce pamphlétaire antisémite, l'amateur de ballets, de légendes médiévales, l'étrange promoteur d'un "socialisme à la française", avant la lettre, le pacifiste d'avant 40 et le collabo d'après 40 : tel est le pari de Philippe Muray qui, par-delà le commentaire détaillé de l'oeuvre, trace le portrait d'un des écrivains les plus coupables et les plus fulgurants de notre temps.

252 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published February 7, 2001

About the author

Philippe Muray (1945 in Angers, France – March 2, 2006 in Paris) was a French essayist and novelist. None of his works have yet been translated into English. In 2002, Daniel Lindenberg included him in his list of "new reactionaries", along with Michel Houellebecq, Maurice Dantec, Alain Badiou, Alain Finkielkraut and others. In 2010, the French actor Fabrice Luchini read some of Muray's works at the Théâtre de l'Atelier in Paris, which contributed to a renewed discussion of his writings in the French press.