Louis-Ferdinand Céline’s 1932 novel Journey to the End of the Night is regularly described as autobiographical. This description has some merit—there are many parallels between the experiences of the novel’s protagonist, Ferdinand Bardamu, and those of Céline—but it can also be misleading in its implication that Céline is concerned with fidelity to the truth. Journey to the End of the Night is a complex interweaving of interpretations, deliberate alterations, and pure invention; readers should therefore be wary of concluding that
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hardWhich choice most logically completes the text?
A
Céline was conscious of drawing on any of his actual experiences when writing Journey to the End of the Night.
B
all events and characters depicted in Journey to the End of the Night have real-world analogues.
C
Journey to the End of the Night contains any material that could illuminate aspects of Céline’s life or perspective.
D
Céline intended Journey to the End of the Night to be understood as fiction.