Mount Analogue: A Novel of Symbolically Authentic Non-Euclidean Adventures in Mountain Climbing (Shambhala Pocket Classics) - Softcover

Daumal, Rene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0877738505 ISBN 13: 9780877738503

Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc, 1992

Synopsis

A miniature edition of the internationally acclaimed allegory of man's search for himself retells the story of a lively expedition of artists and scholars in search of Mount Analogue, an awesome peak that links heaven and earth.

About this title

Synopsis:

A voyage to an unknown island and the ascent of a symbolic mountain serve as the narrative touchstone for this novel of spiritual inquiry. The members of the expedition are knowledge-seeking artists and scholars who slowly begin to grasp the hidden meaning of their journey to Analogue.

About the Author:

René Daumal (1908-44) was an editor of the French poetry and surrealist review Le Grand Jeu and received the Jacques Doucet Prize for his first volume of poetry, Le Contre-Ciel. Mount Analogue was first published, posthumously, in 1952.

About this edition

• Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0877738505
• ISBN 13: 9780877738503
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 248