{"product_id":"death-on-the-installment-plan-paperback","title":"Death on the Installment Plan - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLouis-Ferdinand Céline\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRalph Manheim\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eRalph Manheim\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDeath on the Installment Plan\u003c\/em\u003e is a companion volume to Louis-Ferdinand Céline's earlier novel, \u003cem\u003eJourney to the End of the Night\u003c\/em\u003e. Published in rapid succession in the middle 1930s, these two books shocked European literature and world consciousness. Nominally fiction but more rightly called \"creative confessions,\" they told of the author's childhood in excoriating Paris slums, of service in the mud wastes of World War I and African jungles. Mixing unmitigated despair with Gargantuan comedy, they also created a new style, in which invective and obscenity were laced with phrases of unforgettable poetry. Céline's influence revolutionized the contemporary approach to fiction. Under a cloud for a period, his work is now acknowledged as the forerunner of today's \"black humor.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 592\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.31 x 7.95 x 5.21 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 17, 1971\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42689056997439,"sku":"9780811200172","price":23.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/1c028fa7e3d730f07cf5b3e4856315cc.webp?v=1764984309","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/death-on-the-installment-plan-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}