Mount Analogue
Author | : René Daumal |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 118 |
Release | : 1986-05 |
ISBN-13 | : 0140081267 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780140081268 |
Rating | : 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Download or read book Mount Analogue written by René Daumal and published by . This book was released on 1986-05 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Daumal's symbolic mountain represents a way to truth that "cannot not exist," and his classic allegory of man's search for himself embraces the certainty that one can know and conquer one's own reality. 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. Daumal's symbolic mountain represents a way to truth that "cannot not exist," and his classic allegory of man's search for himself embraces the certainty that one can know and conquer one's own reality.