Mount Analogue
A Novel of Symbolically Authentic Non-Euclidean Adventures in Mountain Climbing
Author: Rene Daumal, Roger Shattuck and Vera Daumal
In this novel/allegory the narrator/author sets sail in the yacht Impossible to search for Mount Analogue, the geographically located, albeit hidden, peak that reaches inexorably toward heaven.
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In this novel/allegory the narrator/author sets sail in the yacht Impossible to search for Mount Analogue, the geographically located, albeit hidden, peak that reaches inexorably toward heaven.
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A beloved cult classic of Surrealism, Pataphysics and Gurdjieffian mysticism, Rene Daumal's Mount Analogue is the allegorical tale of an expedition to a mountain whose existence can only be deduced, not observed. As its numerous editions (most now rare) over the decades attest, the book has been highly influential: Alejandro Jodorowsky's visionary 1973 film The Holy Mountain is a loose adaptation of the book, and John Zorn based an eponymous album on it. This edition, brings the original 1959 English translation by Roger Shattuck - widely considered the best - back into print.
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“Long out of print, Mount Analogue, Ren”
é Daumal’s cult classic, offers a tale of renunciation and self-acceptance. -- Nolan Kelly Hyperallergic
This pataphysical journey up a mountain whose "summit must be inaccessible, but its base accessible to human beings" depicts an allegorical landscape akin to Alice in Wonderland A beloved cult classic of surrealism, pataphysics and Gurdjieffian mysticism, Ren
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