A Night of Serious Drinking (Tusk Ivories)

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A Night of Serious Drinking (Tusk Ivories)

Daumalâ€™s keen perceptions of the human condition infuse A Night of Serious Drinking with a critique of culture and consciousness that if both disquieting and enlivening.

A Night of Serious Drinking is among Rene Daumal's most important literary works. Like Daumalâ€™s Mount Analogue it is a classic work of symbolic fiction. An unnamed narrator spends an evening getting drunk with a group of friends; as the party becomes intoxicated and exuberant, the narrator embarks on a journey that ranges from seeming paradises to the depths of pure hell. The fantastic world depicted in A Night of Serious Drinking is actually the ordinary world turned upside down. The characters are called the Anthographers, Fabricators of useless objects, Scienters, Nibblists, Clarificators, and other absurd titles. Yet the inhabitants of these strange realms are only too familiar: scientists dissecting an animal in their laboratory, a wise man surrounded by his devotees, politicians, poets expounding their rhetoric. These characters perform hilarious antics and intellectual games, which they see as serious attempts to find meaning and freedom.

Country	USA
Author	Rene Daumal
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781468304848
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	The Overlook Press
Manufacturer	The Overlook Press
NumberOfPages	138
PublicationDate	2003-04-29
Publisher	The Overlook Press
ReleaseDate	2003-04-29
Studio	The Overlook Press

A Night of Serious Drinking (Tusk Ivories)

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