Louis-Ferdinand CELINE - Exile, 1947 - Signed autograph letter
Louis-Ferdinand CELINE born DESTOUCHES (1894 - 1961), French writer
Autograph letter signed "LF" to the poet Théophile Briant. Denmark, Cf Mikkelsen 45 A Bredgade, August 4, 1947; 2 folio pages. Envelope
Celine's letter from exile giving a ruthless indictment on human nature:
"We are too rude and ape-like not to always hurt everything, with the best of intentions… And yet God knows dear old man if I know the price"
"No longer receiving anything, I suspected that you were subjected to other tests… Obviously it's the flow… it takes… nothing can be done… Poor woman (his wife Germaine Briant)…
Tragedies
who get tangled up… the threads of our days are breaking so painfully (his son Xavier died in 1937)… so painfully… All the words around the dramas are indecent… We are not yet
arrived
with the delicacy that should be… We are too rude and ape-like not to always hurt everything, with the best intentions… And yet God knows dear old man if I know the price
of
the ounce of suffering. Poor old bard! May the All take over everything and we especially with it! Above all, let her suffer as little as possible. The rest is beyond us. Tomorrow it will be our
turn. Malo of
Hosts
Salles is Laporte! He chose this mysterious pseudonym himself! Fear of risks! Ah, bullshit! Write to me dear old man ... "
Germaine Briant, Théophile's wife, suffers from a muscular disease which forces her to remain often in bed, which causes periods of depression aggravated by the death of her son in 1937.
Autograph letter signed "LF" to the poet Théophile Briant. Denmark, Cf Mikkelsen 45 A Bredgade, August 4, 1947; 2 folio pages. Envelope
Celine's letter from exile giving a ruthless indictment on human nature:
"We are too rude and ape-like not to always hurt everything, with the best of intentions… And yet God knows dear old man if I know the price"
"No longer receiving anything, I suspected that you were subjected to other tests… Obviously it's the flow… it takes… nothing can be done… Poor woman (his wife Germaine Briant)…
Tragedies
who get tangled up… the threads of our days are breaking so painfully (his son Xavier died in 1937)… so painfully… All the words around the dramas are indecent… We are not yet
arrived
with the delicacy that should be… We are too rude and ape-like not to always hurt everything, with the best intentions… And yet God knows dear old man if I know the price
of
the ounce of suffering. Poor old bard! May the All take over everything and we especially with it! Above all, let her suffer as little as possible. The rest is beyond us. Tomorrow it will be our
turn. Malo of
Hosts
Salles is Laporte! He chose this mysterious pseudonym himself! Fear of risks! Ah, bullshit! Write to me dear old man ... "
Germaine Briant, Théophile's wife, suffers from a muscular disease which forces her to remain often in bed, which causes periods of depression aggravated by the death of her son in 1937.
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