North (novel)

North

Author	Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Translator	Ralph Manheim
Country	France
Language	French
Genre	novel
Publisher	Éditions Gallimard
Publication date	1960
Published in English	1972
Pages	448

North (French: Nord) is a 1960 novel by the French writer Louis-Ferdinand Céline. The story is based on Céline's escape from France to Denmark after the invasion of Normandy, after he had been associated with the Vichy regime. It is the second published part, although chronologically the first, in a trilogy about these experiences; it was preceded by Castle to Castle from 1957, and followed by Rigadoon, published posthumously in 1969.^[1] It was the last book Céline published during his lifetime.

Publication

The book was published in 1960 through Éditions Gallimard. In the first edition, some of the characters have the same names as the real people who inspired them. Because of this, Céline was sued for defamation, and in subsequent editions all characters have fictional names.^[2]

See also

• 1960 in literature
• 20th-century French literature

References

Notes

1. Solomon 1992, p. 105
2. Solomon 1992, pp. 119-120

Bibliography

• Solomon, Philip P. (1992). Understanding Céline. Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press. pp. 105, 119–120. ISBN 9780872498143.