![]() ![]() Elsewhere, George Orwell heralded Miller as "the only imaginative prose-writer of the slightest value who has appeared among the English-speaking races for some years past". Overnight, Céline became a celebrity, receiving a nomination for the prestigious Prix Goncourt. Both books were semi-autobiographical first-person anti-narratives: their authors' use of slang and surreal imagery were at odds with the popular realist style of the period, and notoriety soon beckoned. ![]() Featuring rowdy descriptions of sex and profanity – mainly in Paris during the late 1920s and early 30s – these novels outraged readers and set new literary precedents. This year marks the 80th anniversary of two scandalous books: Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller and the first English edition of Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline (originally published in France in 1932). ![]()
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