Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE. L.A.S. (initialled), Copenhagen... Lot 385

Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE. L.A.S. (initialled), [Copenhagen] August 2 [1948, to his friend Georges Geoffroy; 2pages in-fol. Sexual advice. He thanks him for having received Milton Hindus: "He's a sort of rabbi who wishes me well - and in fact proves it - but he admires Hitler! it's serious! He compares him to Napoleon and Caesar! Who he doesn't know. He's read too many Readers Digests. He's scandalized that I've never thought of opening Mein Kampf!" Then he turns to his friend's marital and sexual problems: "It can only be a question of feelings, of platonic and poetic exchanges. But God, why not! But if you lose your prostate like she lost her ovaries, you're a damn fool. You've got to make the whole thing work a little bit, old man - don't collaborate with old age! It's a nice, friendly struggle to get your dick sucked every now and then. This trained virtue and sentimental modesty is very suspicious of you. You positively withdraw from erotic exercises under pretexts that don't hold water. More simplicity! I can advise you never to fuck on pain of horrible migraines! But you're not there! You don't need to plough your nenette like I do! What an exercise! What an ordeal! [...] And nothing tragic about it, dear old chap! Laughing at your own expense is the healthiest exercise. I abuse it! I can afford it! Laugh at the dentist. Laugh at yourself! Life makes fools of us all!"...