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CÉLINE Louis-Ferdinand.

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CÉLINE Louis-Ferdinand.
Set of about 25 L.A.S. of which two are incomplete, mostly addressed to his lawyer Thorvald Mikkelsen. S.l.n.d. [Circa 1948]. About 77 pp. mostly folio.

Important and rich literary, professional and personal conversation of Céline with his lawyer, Mr. Mikkelsen. He evokes Camus, Paraz, Arletty, Ronsard, Du Bellay, Jodelle, Becart, Daragnès, Réjane, Texier, Lucette, Denoël, Gide, Cocteau, Rousseau, Colette, Anatole France, L'Echo des Synagogues (Lévy), his legal troubles, etc.

"I am sick - Ah, sick! Sick to death! It's an agonist that they are going to judge and condemn. And why so sick? 5 years of hardship - age, unnecessary prison [...]. I can't move anymore. To travel? Ah, there! Risk being put back in a cell? [...]". ("The 3rd").

Pagination followed by another hand, from 324 to 366, in red pencil. A typed letter is inserted.