From Castle to Castle

The novel "From Castle to Castle" could be titled "Edge of Night." The castles that Céline speaks of are, in reality, strange, nightmarish phantoms, named War, Hatred, Poverty.
This is not so much a novel as a confession, for objectivity is not characteristic of Céline. With his unmistakable humor, he describes the mad Germans, upon whom all of Europe descends, the ministers of Vichy without ministries, and the marshal himself on the eve of trial. It is a view of war from the other side, a perspective that belongs to a genius writer gifted with the astonishing ability to see what can be called the "inside out of life."
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