Semmelweis

by Louis-Ferdinand Céline

Book Overview

Louis-Ferdinand C?line (1894-1961) is best known for his early novels Journey to the End of the Night (1932)--which Charles Bukowski described as the greatest novel of the past 2,000 years--and Death on the Installment Plan (1936), but this delirious, fanatical "biography" predates them both. The astounding yet true story of the life of Ignacz Semmelweis provided C?line with a narrative whose appalling events and bizarre twists would...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1900565471
• ISBN13: 9781900565479
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Atlas Press LLC
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 6.5"