Journey to the End of the Night | Journey to the End of the Night

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Author: Louis-Ferdinand Destouches
First Published: 1932
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Naturalism
Time of Work: World War I and after
Setting: France, Africa, and the United States
Principal Characters: Ferdinand Bardamu, Léon, Madelon
Genres: Long fiction, Naturalistic literature
Subjects: Africa or Africans, Colonies or colonization, Murder or homicide, Doctors, Antiheroes, Mental illness, Immigration or emigration, World War I, Soldiers, Bombs
Locales: Africa, United States, Paris, France, Flanders

Ferdinand, an indifferent student of medicine in Paris, was emphatically pacifistic, and anarchistic in his reaction to authority. Immediately prior to World War I, he was expounding his cynical disregard for nationalistic pride in a café. Down the street came a colonel at the head of a military band. The music and the uniforms captured Ferdinand’s fancy, and in spite of his declarations he rushed off to enlist. During the fighting he was a runner, constantly exposed to scenes of savage brutality and to great danger on his errands. On one mission he met...

Journey to the End of the Night | Journey to the End of the Night

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