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Hindus was fascinated with the antisemitic French author Louis-Ferdinand Céline, then living in exile in Denmark, corresponded with him, and visited him in 1948. Gives his impressions of Céline, who seemed ill and unstable, and reflects on his antisemitism. Céline's tendency to blame the Jews for his career failures and for the poor reception of some of his books appeared as early as 1928. In 1936, convinced that the Jews were leading France into...

Much has happened in French fiction between 1950 and 1967. Our perspective on the great figures of the twentieth century has been altered, with changes in stature, critical evaluation, and certain 'innovations' have palled. The temper of the nation which is mirrored or distorted in its fiction is strikingly different from what it was in the post WWII era, when the French looked up to American fiction and felt deeply disturbed by their efforts to catch...