Journey to the End of the Night
French novelist, 1894–1961.
Journey to the End of the Night is a 1932 novel by Louis-Ferdinand Céline, translated from French.
On 3 of the 11 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Louis-Ferdinand Céline
- First published
- 1932
- Length
- 450 pages (UK paperback)
- Original language
- Translated from French
- Genre
- Literary fiction, War and conflict, Satire, Picaresque
Is Journey to the End of the Night worth reading?
3 of the 11 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them 100 books of the century (Le Monde) and Bokklubben World Library (Norwegian Book Clubs).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 books of the century (Le Monde, 1999) | No. 6 | See the list |
| Bokklubben World Library (Norwegian Book Clubs, 2002) | Listed | See the list |
| The 100 greatest novels of all time (The Observer, 2003) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of Journey to the End of the Night
The edition we link to is the Alma Classics paperback (2012), 450 pages.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics (paperback, 2012)
- Pages
- 450
- ISBN
- 9781847492401
How critics and readers rate Journey to the End of the Night
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 52% of the points available on critics' lists, against 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like Journey to the End of the Night
If you liked Journey to the End of the Night, try Ulysses, Catch-22 or I, Claudius.
