Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE (1894-1961). L.A.S. "LFC", [Klarskovg - Lot 63

Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE (1894-1961). L.A.S. "LFC", [Klarskovgaard] 19 [January 1951] to his father-in-law Jules Almansor; 2pages in-fol. About his daughter [Colette Turpin, to be operated on for an ovarian cyst]. He changes his mind: "For her, of course, everything is possible, but there's her husband! who is stingy and greedy! And on the other hand, here we are absolutely bereft of everything! If we were to fall seriously ill again, I wouldn't even have the money to treat us! [...] On the other hand - my daughter's mother and her grandmother Follet are rich, very rich indeed, and greedy too! Céline asks her father-in-law to act "with circumspection - the son-in-law (and the son-in-law's family are on the lookout for the slightest penny!) And we here, alas - Lucette and I must count on nothing and no one. You'll be our lifeline!"... He adds in postscript: "We live on porridge and smoked herrings and potatoes. Strictly.