Great interest for admirers of L.-F. Selina (1894–1961), a classic of French literature, one of the most eccentric writers of the 20th century, presents the first edition in Russian of the novels “An Extravaganza for Another Time...” and “The Massacre.” The main characters of “The Extravaganza...”, as well as the famous trilogy “From Castle to Castle”, “North”, “Rigaudon” - Celine himself, his wife Lily-Arlette and the cat Weber. And also Paris, which was bombed by the American and British air forces in April 1944. Mad neighbors, thieving concierges, refugees, wild animals - a huge and mournful procession of the living and the dead passes in front of Celine. He is a spectator of the End of the World, a chronicler of tragic events who finds himself in the right place at the right time. And ahead is flight, new trials...