Céline's Prison Letters from Copenhagen Published

Artpress has published a collection of letters written by Louis-Ferdinand Céline from a Copenhagen prison between 1945 and 1947. The letters, addressed to his wife Lucette Destouches and his lawyer Maître Mikkelsen, lack the literary quality of his earlier correspondence due to the dire circumstances. At the time, Céline was not engaged in literary pursuits but was fighting extradition to France, where he faced arrest for treason and crimes punishable by death. The publication aims to shed light on the man and his work, which are often hastily judged.