The book, translated into a number of languages, including French, was instrumental in reviving interest in Celine an irony not lost upon a professor at a Jewish university but nevertheless provoked a response from an angry Celine in the form of his short book, Entretiens avec le Professeur Y (Conversations with Professor Y) ridiculing Hindus.

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