"Masterpiece!"... "Atrocity!"... "Monumental!"... "Wretched!"... "Sublime!"... "Vulgar!"... "Comical!"... "Tragic!"... "Tragicomical!"... "Philanthropic!"... [...] "Far-right!"... "Anarchic!"... [...] "Depraved!"... "Torrential!"... "Heroic!"... [...]

Myriads of words were written as early as 1932, when astonished readers embarked on this unexpected journey that changed the landscapes of language, art, life! Myriads are still being written, because Céline's incomparable novel continues to shock us, transform us, transmute us. No one returned, no one will return unscathed from the "edge of the night".