Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE (1894-1961) L.A.S. "Destouches", Paris 14 September 1933, to a "dear friend" [Évelyne POLLET] 2 pages in-8 on the letterhead of Pigall's Tabac. Beautiful letter about Zola and the success of Voyage au bout de la nuit. He is to give a lecture on ZOLA on 1 October, "and that's the end of me. To please DESCAVES and his friends. Good heavens, I don't like Zola at all - so I'll talk about myself, but I don't like myself very much either, it's all very boring. All Paris is talking about the NOZIERES affair. There are going to be mass incest in the shadows. This summer never ends. I don't like the sun, as you can imagine. Le Voyage is going to be translated into Dutch - I'm going back to my dispensary. It's all such a farce! I think you'll end up knowing the Voyage by heart - I've never reread it and never will. I find the whole thing boring as hell. It's strange that all this antics end up seducing the reader. I think he wants to do the same, it's all there. At last we don't know each other very well - we're covered in civilised filth"... He was bored in Brittany, and was amused to see his friend "all spurred on" by her move: "I see you're off to write long novels"...