On 25 October 1914, Céline volunteered to deliver a message, when others were reluctant to do so because of heavy German fire. During his attempt to deliver the message, he was wounded near Poelkapelle. During his urgent evacuation to a medical station , he entrusted his personal effects to Maurice Langlet, a comrade in his regiment.
Langlet, unaware of what had became of Céline, kept the notebook for forty years. It was not until 1957, after reading Castle to Castle, that he made the link between the author of this book and his comrade.
On 25 October 1914, Céline volunteered to deliver a message, when others were reluctant to do so because of heavy German fire. During his attempt to deliver the message, he was wounded near Poelkapelle. During his urgent evacuation to a medical station , he entrusted his personal effects to Maurice Langlet, a comrade in his regiment.
Langlet, unaware of what had became of Céline, kept the notebook for forty years. It was not until 1957, after reading Castle to Castle, that he made the link between the author of this book and his comrade.
geweldig,dat de geschiedenis,achtergelaten,zich alsnog verrassend en persoonlijk realistisch ontvouwt,Jan Hoekstra
It’s also interesting to note that this rather short text was written across around 70 pages of a small notebook