Description: "A Night of Serious Drinking," vintage paperback by Rene Daumal in ACCEPTABLE condition. The cover is yellowed with age. The inside of the book is perfect. Book will be packaged carefully and shipped ASAP. "La Grande Beuverie" first appeared in France in 1938 and is here published in its first English translation. The narrator describes his experiences during a drinking bout: his vision of hell that recalls the savage humor and poetic vision of writers such as Rabelais and Swift. Picaresque and wildly funny, this new "Gulliver's Travels" reflects Daumal's concern with the power of words and the frailty of thought. Combining satire and poetry, the narrator tells of his encounters with the Fidgeters, the Fabricators of useless objects, the Clarificators and others, all of whom he describes with humor, pity, cruelty, and elegance. Ex-surrealist, Sanskrit scholar, poet, philosopher, and pupil of Gurdjieff, Rene Daumal was a French writer whose importance went unrecognized until after his death in 1944. He also wrote the highly acclaimed novel "Mount Analogue."
Price: 15 USD
Location: Washington, District Of Columbia
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Format: Paperback
Publication Year: 1979
Language: English
Book Title: A Night of Serious Drinking
Author: Rene Daumal
Publisher: Shambhala
Genre: Action, Adventure
Original Language: French
Topic: Books
