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Mount Analogue: A Novel of Symbolically Authentic Non-Euclidean Adventures in Mountain Climbing
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| Author | René Daumal |
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| Original title | Le Mont Analogue. Roman d'aventures alpines, non euclidiennes et symboliquement authentiques |
| Country | France |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Surrealist, Novel |
| Publisher | Stuart (Eng. trans.) |
| Released | 1952 |
| Released in English | 1959 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 106 p. (hardback edition) |
| ISBN | NA |
Mount Analogue: A Novel of Symbolically Authentic Non-Euclidean Adventures in Mountain Climbing is a classic novel by the early 20th century French surrealist novelist René Daumal.
The novel is both bizarre and allegorical, detailing the discovery and ascent of a mountain, the Mount Analogue of the title, which can only be perceived by realising that one has travelled further in traversing it than one would by travelling in a straight line, and can only be viewed from a particular point when the sun's rays hit the earth at a certain angle. The novel is the first use of peradams in literature.
Daumal, often described as one of the most gifted literary figures in twentieth-century France, died before the novel was completed, providing an uncanny one-way quality to the journey.
Mount Analogue was first published posthumously in 1952 in French as Le Mont Analogue. Roman d'aventures alpines, non euclidiennes et symboliquement authentiques.
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