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i googled abit around because the question interested me, kerouac lists him as on of his favorites, and that fucking pederast ginsburg and burroughs meet him actually once in france, so yes that kinda confirms my suspicions that they are strongly influenced.
But i personally find celine way more nihilistic and bleak. He isnt as depraved and hedonistic as the beats, and that makes him way more sympathetic and thus harder to read. Im still entertained by burroughs and so, but dont feel an ounce of pity for them, they basically see the world as their playground and celine sees it more as a harsh darwinistic dog-eat-dog world, thats atleast the impression i got from journey through the eind of the night (but very subjective, because thats the only thing ive read by celine), so in that sense i understand why he feels way more humanistic, because he sees himself as part of the scum and bottomfeeders, the beatniks always had an aloof air to them, that they still thought themselves above the true bums but now im just ranting away, but feel free to disagree with me and give me different views to consider. i think i will read it again in the next months too
