''North'' (french: Nord) is a 1960 novel by the French writer
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches (27 May 1894 – 1 July 1961), better known by the pen name Louis-Ferdinand Céline ( , ) was a French novelist, polemicist and physician. His first novel ''Journey to the End of the Night'' (1932) won the '' Pr ...
. 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
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. 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. It was the last book Céline published during his lifetime.
Publication
The book was published in 1960 through
Éditions Gallimard
Éditions Gallimard (), formerly Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française (1911–1919) and Librairie Gallimard (1919–1961), is one of the leading French book publishers. In 2003 it and its subsidiaries published 1,418 titles.
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. 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.
Legacy
It was also adapted into a
graphic novel
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by
Paul Brizzi
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and
Gaëtan Brizzi
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, along with Céline's other novels ''
Castle to Castle'' and ''
Rigadoon''.
See also
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1960 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1960.
– Mervyn Griffith-Jones prosecuting in the '' Lady Chatterley's Lover'' case
Events
*February–October – ''Astounding'' magazine is renamed ''Analog''. ...
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20th-century French literature
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1960 novels
Novels by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
French autobiographical novels
Novels set during World War II
Éditions Gallimard books
Novels adapted into comics
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