Mount Analogue
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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.) |
| Publication date | 1952 |
| Published 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.
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.
The book was one of the sources of the cult-film The Holy Mountain[1] by Alejandro Jodorowsky.
