A NIGHT OF SERIOUS DRINKING
by Daumal, Rene
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New York: Overlook Press, 2003. Paperback in new condition.. Translation by David Coward and E.A. Lovatt; Introduction by Kathleen Ferrick Rosenblatt; 150 pages. From the introduction, "Daumal is conducting his readers on a tour through the labyrinth of the mind's convolutions. Using thirst as a metaphor, he reveals normal life to be a state of endless intoxication. He conveys us through a topsy-turvy, comic inspection Dante's realm of Hell, a voyage into the center of the self. It is a book about the psychology of consciousness that dumps the reader right into the maelstrom.
Synopsis
A Night of Serious Drinking (1938) is an allegorical novel by the French surrealist writer René Daumal detailing what is ostensibly an extremely simple plot in which the narrator overly imbibes alcohol; what unfolds however is a novel which explores the extremities of heaven and hell.
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- By The Way Books (US)
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- Title
- A NIGHT OF SERIOUS DRINKING
- Author
- Daumal, Rene
- Book Condition
- New
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- Publisher
- Overlook Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
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