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Synopsis
English, French (translation)
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Completed the day before his death in 1961, Rigadoon, the most compassionate of Celine's novels, explores the ravages of war and its aftermath. Often comic and always angry, the first-person autobiographical narrator, with his wife and their cat in tow, takes the reader with him on his flight from Paris to Denmark after finding himself on the losing side of World War II. The train rides that encompass the novel are filled with madness and mercy, as Celine, a physician, aids refugees while ignoring his own medical needs.
About the Author
Louis-Ferdinand Celine (1894-1961) was a French writer and doctor whose novels are antiheroic visions of human suffering. Accused of collaboration with the Nazis, Celine fled France in 1944 first to Germany and then to Denmark. Condemned by default (1950) in France to one year of imprisonment and declared a national disgrace, Celine returned to France after his pardon in 1951, where he continued to write until his death. His classic books include Journey to the End of the Night, Death on the Installment Plan, London Bridge, North, Rigadoon, Conversations with Professor Y, Castle to Castle, and Normance.
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Rigadoon
Published by
Delacorte Press, 1974
ISBN 10: 0440073642
ISBN 13: 9780440073642
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Ballard Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st American Edition. An Acceptable hardcover copy in a Good unclipped dust jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Delacorte, 1974. A 3/4' tear out of the dj and boards at top of spine. Very light soiling to dj. Yellow cloth boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is square and tight. Seller Inventory # 13657
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Rigadoon
Published by
Delacorte Press, 1974
ISBN 10: 0440073642
ISBN 13: 9780440073642
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Crestview Books, Westerville, OH, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Good+. Stated first printing. Gently used hardback and jacket. Only slight wear. Foxing to top page block. Text is clean, unmarked. (Shelf: L5) Books are carefully sealed in waterproof poly and boxed to prevent damage during transit. Seller Inventory # 084162
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Rigadoon
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Near Fine. N.p. [New York?]: Delacorte Press, 1974. First American Edition. Octavo (22 cm); xi, 273pp. Boards in mustard cloth with gilt and brown stamping and decoration, wrapped in publisher's intact pictorial jacket ($8.95). Jacket sunned at spine and joints with minor rubbing to margins and light dust soiling. Board corners and spine ends lightly bumped, binding slightly cocked but firm. Pages clean. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good or better jacket. Celine's final novel, published posthumously, completing the fiction trilogy based on his own experience escaping France after the German invasion of Normandy. Seller Inventory # 33010
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RIGADOON.
Published by
DELACORTE PRESS., NY, 1974
ISBN 10: 0440073642
ISBN 13: 9780440073642
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Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First American edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. (273pp. ) (6" X 8 1/2") Exceptionally nice copy. ; 6" x 8 1/2"; 273 pages. Seller Inventory # 313731