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Le Mont Analogue : Roman d'aventures alpines, non euclidiennes et symboliquement authentiques

Le Mont Analogue : Roman d'aventures alpines, non euclidiennes et symboliquement authentiques

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  • Author：René Daumal
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« Toutes les mythologies parlent， soit d'un centre original du monde， soit d'un arbre sorti de terre et qui gagne le ciel， soit d'un mont sacré， en tout cas d'une possibilité de communication avec l'au-delà。 Or， il faut que cette possibilité existe， que l'arbre ou la montagne soit là pour de vrai， au même titre que l'Éverest ou le mont Blanc。 C'est ce que pense l'auteur du récit et il réunit une expédition pour découvrir le mont Analogue。 La description des membres de l'expédition permet à René Daumal d'exprimer sa fantaisie。 La base du mont est finalement découverte : c'est la courbure de l'espace qui empêchait de la voir。 Le récit est inachevé， mais il est assuré que l'expédition， qui a disparu à nos regards de lecteurs， poursuit son ascension。
Naturellement， les personnages et les circonstances du Mont Analogue sont symboliques : telle est la littérature quand elle se veut utile à l'homme。 Dans la circonstance， elle éveille doublement， car toutes les phrases portent。 Cela tient à l'intelligence très personnelle de René Daumal et à ce qu'on pourrait appeler son lyrisme de l'ironie。 »
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Reviews

Joshua Guest ，

It’s an unfinished work， unedited， and so very French。 And yet what is here is profound and beautiful。

Lucy S ，

“Perhaps it is always artificial to speak of the beginning and the end of a story”Unfinished before Daumal’s death （you’re left craving more from his wonderful imagination）， this is a fun， philosophical adventure all about things we can’t see， the things humans long for， and the elusive hidden message about life everyone's searching for… never fully formed。 But maybe that’s also the point “Perhaps it is always artificial to speak of the beginning and the end of a story”Unfinished before Daumal’s death （you’re left craving more from his wonderful imagination）， this is a fun， philosophical adventure all about things we can’t see， the things humans long for， and the elusive hidden message about life everyone's searching for… never fully formed。 But maybe that’s also the point 。。。more

Mark ，

I will come back to this work many times。 There is much meat here not digestible in one read through。Thank you Cornelia for passing this on。

atb ，

" 'What does it mean， “I”？ I couldn’t succeed in grasping it。 “I” slipped out of my thoughts like a fish out of the hands of a blind man and I couldn’t sleep。 For three years these nights of questioning in the dark recurred fairly frequently。 Then， one particular night， a marvellous idea came to me: instead of just enduring this agony， try to observe it， to see where it comes from and what it is。 I perceived that it all seemed to come from a tightening of something in my stomach， as well as unde " 'What does it mean， “I”？ I couldn’t succeed in grasping it。 “I” slipped out of my thoughts like a fish out of the hands of a blind man and I couldn’t sleep。 For three years these nights of questioning in the dark recurred fairly frequently。 Then， one particular night， a marvellous idea came to me: instead of just enduring this agony， try to observe it， to see where it comes from and what it is。 I perceived that it all seemed to come from a tightening of something in my stomach， as well as under my ribs and in my throat。 I remembered that I was subject to angina and forced myself to relax， especi­ally my abdomen。 The anguish disappeared。 When I tried again in this new condition to think about death， instead of being clawed by anxiety， I was filled with an entirely new feeling。 I knew no name for it—a feeling between mystery and hope。’'And then you grew up， went to school， and began to “philosophize”， didn’t you？ We all go through the same thing。 It seems that during adolescence a person’s inner life is suddenly weakened， stripped of its natural courage。 In his thinking he no longer dares stand face to face with reality or mystery; he begins to see them through the opinions of “grown-ups”， through books and courses and professors。' " 。。。more

Juan。mare_ ，

Me pareció una obra muy bella， con muchísimo potencial， cada diálogo tenía un mensaje atras， que te podría hacer reflexionar。 Es una lástima que el autor haya fallecido antes de terminar esta obra， se corta cuando está empezando a explotar el nudo principal de la obra。 Al final hay un apartado llamado “fragamentos” donde recopilaron anotaciones y manuscritos hechos por el autor， muy lindos la verdad， me da lástima que nunca se sepa el verdadero final de esta historia。

Guillaume ，

Sacré roman d'aventure mystique juste ce qu'il faut。 J'ai adoré les préparatifs， moins à partir de leur arrivée dans l'autre monde， mais alors toutes ces considérations scientifiques， cette force de l'explorateur et cette ambiance digne des films amazoniens de Werner Herzog， c'est quelque chose。 Sacré roman d'aventure mystique juste ce qu'il faut。 J'ai adoré les préparatifs， moins à partir de leur arrivée dans l'autre monde， mais alors toutes ces considérations scientifiques， cette force de l'explorateur et cette ambiance digne des films amazoniens de Werner Herzog， c'est quelque chose。 。。。more

Olivia Garner ，

Very sad ending

Will McGrath ，

About as good a book by an author who died while writing it could be

Javier Pozo ，

A pesar de las buenas recomendaciones， no logré encontrarle el punto a esta historia。

Aaron ，

A surreal and spiritual tale of fantastic mountaineering。 I enjoyed the philosophical musings of the main characters and thought the tale was all the more mysterious and intriguing for remaining incomplete。。。

Fabio Mariuzzo ，

"Posso dirle dunque che ho paura della morte。 Non di quelo che ci si immagina della morte， perché questa paura è essa stessa immaginaria。 Non della mia morte， la cui data sarà annotata nei registri dello stato civile。 Ma di quella morte che subisco ad ogni istante， morte di quella voce che， dal fondo della mia infanzia， anche a me chiede: “Cosa sono？” e che tutto， in noi e intorno a noi， sembra essere disposto a soffocare， ancora e sempre。 Quando questa voce non parla – e non parla spesso！ – son "Posso dirle dunque che ho paura della morte。 Non di quelo che ci si immagina della morte， perché questa paura è essa stessa immaginaria。 Non della mia morte， la cui data sarà annotata nei registri dello stato civile。 Ma di quella morte che subisco ad ogni istante， morte di quella voce che， dal fondo della mia infanzia， anche a me chiede: “Cosa sono？” e che tutto， in noi e intorno a noi， sembra essere disposto a soffocare， ancora e sempre。 Quando questa voce non parla – e non parla spesso！ – sono una carcassa vuota， un cadavere agitato。 Ho paura che un giorno essa taccia per sempre; o che si svegli troppo tardi – come nella sua storia di mosche; quando ci si sveglia si è morti。" 。。。more

Peter Landau ，

How do you climb a mountain you can’t see？ Faith and a bit of humor。 Both are in abundance here， with much more packed into a thin volume that was never finished。 Also， supposedly， an inspiration for the movie The Holy Mountain。

Clara Mazzi ，

Le Mont Analogue， quella montagna che è la via che unisce la terra al cielo， che deve esistere （questa montagna， ancora più alta dell’Everest） sul nostro pianeta e che deve essere il luogo dove abita un’umanità superiore。 Non è stata scoperta fino adesso perché essa， insieme al continente sul quale si trova， si cela， grazie alla curvatura dello spazio ma che grazie a dei calcoli e a una botta di fortuna （ovvero l’essere nel posto giusto al momento giusto） è possibile entrare in uno squarcio spaz Le Mont Analogue， quella montagna che è la via che unisce la terra al cielo， che deve esistere （questa montagna， ancora più alta dell’Everest） sul nostro pianeta e che deve essere il luogo dove abita un’umanità superiore。 Non è stata scoperta fino adesso perché essa， insieme al continente sul quale si trova， si cela， grazie alla curvatura dello spazio ma che grazie a dei calcoli e a una botta di fortuna （ovvero l’essere nel posto giusto al momento giusto） è possibile entrare in uno squarcio spaziale che si viene a creare a raggiungere la sua base。Iniziato nel 1939 si interrompe causa la morte di Daumal （affascinato nonché adepto di Gurdjieff， un filosofo/mistico di origini greco-armene） nel 1944 per tubercolosi。 L’editore ha recuperato gli appunti dell’autore circa il proseguo della storia， ma （concordo） non ha scelto di concluderla quanto di pubblicarli così com’erano。 L’idea di fondo di questo romanzo breve （o lunga novella） è quello classico della ricerca di conoscenza da parte dell’uomo e di come， più si conosce sé stessi， più si capisca di quanto si è piccoli nei confronti dell’universo。 Eppure resta sempre il viaggio più affascinante perché è quello più misterioso e allo stesso tempo più ricco di risposte o spunti di riflessione。Il ritmo del racconto （proprio dell’epoca in cui è stato scritto） è lento e riflessivo anche se zampetta su continui risvolti sorprendenti， quando non divertenti （sempre e soprattutto se riportato all’epoca in cui è stato scritto） e mal si accompagna con la brevità del testo: o farne un racconto più lungo （che mi sarebbe piaciuto di più） o velocizzarne il ritmo。 Infine la stesura che abbiamo a disposizione， si perde spesso in dettagli che poi non sono così utili ai fini del racconto e che tendono a disperdere l’attenzione del lettore rispetto alla centralità della tematica， il che è un po’ un peccato。 Ricordiamoci però che non si tratta di una stesura finale。Un testo che ho letto perché citato da un （vecchio） alpinista， che lo stava leggendo mentre era còlto da una tempesta sul K2 e ne aveva ritrovato dei paralleli con la sua spedizione。 A lui era piaciuto molto， a me francamente， un bel po’ meno。 Anche se ha un bel potenziale， quello che abbiamo a disposizione non lo sfrutta appieno。 Peccato。 。。。more

Noah ，

This book was just genuinely really awesome。 I hesitate to say more about it because it feels like even that would give too much away。Suffice it to say， it's weird and surreal and a super funny mix of being written as a deadly serious account of a mountaineering adventure while being tongue-in-cheek at the same time。If I can make one recommendation with it， it would be to read the book before reading the introduction， and then going back at the end to read how it is introduced。 It's a really fas This book was just genuinely really awesome。 I hesitate to say more about it because it feels like even that would give too much away。Suffice it to say， it's weird and surreal and a super funny mix of being written as a deadly serious account of a mountaineering adventure while being tongue-in-cheek at the same time。If I can make one recommendation with it， it would be to read the book before reading the introduction， and then going back at the end to read how it is introduced。 It's a really fast read and you'll want to go right back and read it again。 。。。more

Tim Guy ，

Whoaaaa。。。。 dude

David Yohalem ，

The Lay of the Luckless Mountaineer sums up much of the experience of technical climbing in the mountains even today （it was written in the 1930s）。 The metallic taste of tea from a tin cup， white-out conditions that remove any sense of position: these are the things that make for a good day。

Per ，

As the narrator in Daumal's A Night of Serious Drinking（*） tries to leave the drinking establishment， some guards stop him and carries him off to a fantastical reality 。。。“This place has only three exits， sir，” one of the big blokes snarled！ “Madness and death。” 。。。 this book tells us more about the third exit， which the former one only hints at。 Sadly， Daumal never got to finish Mount Analogue before passing away， leaving us off in the middle of a sentence with three chapters still unfinished。 I As the narrator in Daumal's A Night of Serious Drinking（*） tries to leave the drinking establishment， some guards stop him and carries him off to a fantastical reality 。。。“This place has only three exits， sir，” one of the big blokes snarled！ “Madness and death。” 。。。 this book tells us more about the third exit， which the former one only hints at。 Sadly， Daumal never got to finish Mount Analogue before passing away， leaving us off in the middle of a sentence with three chapters still unfinished。 It was still worth the read， and I still gave it four stars， something I'm not as certain I would have done if I hadn't read the former book first。 The narrator is ready to leave his ego behind， a history of which it is 。。。[u]seless to give you the details: the repertory of possible events in human destinies is rather limited， and they are nearly always the same stories。 I will tell you only that one day I found myself alone， all alone， fully convinced that I had completed one cycle of existence。 [。。。]Each of us made a personal inventory， and each of us felt poorer from day to day， seeing nothing around us or in us that we could really call our own。 In the end， we were just eight poor men and women， shorn of everything， watching the sun sink on the horizon。 [。。。]We were beginning to shed our old personalities。 Just as we were leaving our encumbering equipment on the coast， we were also preparing to leave behind the artist， the inventor， the doctor， the scholar， the literary man。 Beneath their old disguises， men and women were already peaking out。 A group of twelve decides to set out to find Mount Analogue， a symbolical trip to find themselves; what is left when stripped of their egos。 Given that we will never get to read Daumal's own ending， all we're left with is the trip itself。 But， the important part is the journey and not the end goal， right？ I have led you here， and I have been your leader。 Here I relinquish my general’s helmet， which was a crown of thorns for the image I had of myself。 In the untroubled depths of my memory of myself， a little child is awakening and makes the old man’s mask sob。 A little child who is searching for a father and mother， who is searching with you for help and protection; protection from his pleasure and his dreams， and help to become what he is without imitating anyone。 （*） https://www。goodreads。com/book/show/4。。。My review: https://www。goodreads。com/review/show。。。 。。。more

Jakub Fiala ，

An entertaining adventure story reeking of André Breton， Jules Verne and， to a lesser extent， Michel Gondry。 I can't decide if， had it been finished， it would be ten times better or a complete fiasco， but the juicy combination of mountaineer lore， steampunk surrealism and the old myth of the Mountain makes this brief book a Good Read indeed。 An entertaining adventure story reeking of André Breton， Jules Verne and， to a lesser extent， Michel Gondry。 I can't decide if， had it been finished， it would be ten times better or a complete fiasco， but the juicy combination of mountaineer lore， steampunk surrealism and the old myth of the Mountain makes this brief book a Good Read indeed。 。。。more

Dean Wilcox ，

A delightful surreal unfinished metaphysical journey。 One of those books you can read in one sitting， but continue to think about for days afterwards。

Billy Degge ，

about as good as an unfinished novel can be - sans some unfortunate mid-twentieth century racism。 An epic in miniature， the narrator finds a mountain that may or may not exist and sets about climbing it。 Spiritual yet firmly rooted in the quotidian， Mount Analogue offers a taste of what would have surely have been a classic。 What a shame。 At least we got The Holy Mountain tho。

Jelle ，

3，5

Karin ，

it's curious how easily this could be the most unremarkable book on your shelf， yet 。。。 it was the best thing i've ever read in my life。 it's curious how easily this could be the most unremarkable book on your shelf， yet 。。。 it was the best thing i've ever read in my life。 。。。more

Cobertizo ，

"Los hombres-huecos viven en la piedra; se mueven por ella como cavernas viajeras。 Por el hielo， se pasean como burbujas con forma de hombre （。。。） Sólo comen vacío， comen la forma de los cadáveres， se embriagan con palabras vanas， con todas las palabras vanas que proferimos nosotros。 Hay quien dice que siempre fueron y que siempre serán。 Otros dicen que son muertos。 Y otros más dicen que todos los hombres vivos tienen en la montaña su hombre-hueco， de la misma forma que la espada tiene su vaina; "Los hombres-huecos viven en la piedra; se mueven por ella como cavernas viajeras。 Por el hielo， se pasean como burbujas con forma de hombre （。。。） Sólo comen vacío， comen la forma de los cadáveres， se embriagan con palabras vanas， con todas las palabras vanas que proferimos nosotros。 Hay quien dice que siempre fueron y que siempre serán。 Otros dicen que son muertos。 Y otros más dicen que todos los hombres vivos tienen en la montaña su hombre-hueco， de la misma forma que la espada tiene su vaina; y que cuando mueren， se reúnen con él" 。。。more

Patrik Sampler ，

I enjoyed this。 Perhaps the brilliantly written introduction by Roger Shattuck is even better than the book。 It's a strange feeling book， maybe a bit too obviously allegorical， but funny and strange。 There are numerous overviews to read， and I don't have any details to add to those， so I'll conclude my review here。 I enjoyed this。 Perhaps the brilliantly written introduction by Roger Shattuck is even better than the book。 It's a strange feeling book， maybe a bit too obviously allegorical， but funny and strange。 There are numerous overviews to read， and I don't have any details to add to those， so I'll conclude my review here。 。。。more

Michael Haddad ，

This is a comical and philosophical novel from Pataphysicist René Daumal， in which the assortment of characters go on an expedition to climb an impossible mountain。 The characters get wrapped up in fantastical fancies， set bamboozling goals to attain and discuss complex geometrical ideas， all in the aim of finding and climbing a mountain， that they assume exists because it is so big it warps light around it and is therefore invisible。 It's short and adventurous， with a brilliantly dynamic openin This is a comical and philosophical novel from Pataphysicist René Daumal， in which the assortment of characters go on an expedition to climb an impossible mountain。 The characters get wrapped up in fantastical fancies， set bamboozling goals to attain and discuss complex geometrical ideas， all in the aim of finding and climbing a mountain， that they assume exists because it is so big it warps light around it and is therefore invisible。 It's short and adventurous， with a brilliantly dynamic opening in which the major players all come together under the mission of finding a place where heaven meets earth。 It's a really fun， short read that is more about the ideas it plays with than the plot making complete sense。Whats more， Daumal died before this book could be finished， so it ends abruplt， mid-sentence， on the slope of the mountain and thats 。。。more

Ian ，

The Holy Mountain is an incredible film so I was inspired to read the novel it is based on。 Don't expect any conclusions or wrap up here， it is truly the journey that matters more than the destination。 Best of wishes in finding your own personal peradam！ The Holy Mountain is an incredible film so I was inspired to read the novel it is based on。 Don't expect any conclusions or wrap up here， it is truly the journey that matters more than the destination。 Best of wishes in finding your own personal peradam！ 。。。more

Ksenia ，

Прекрасная и удивительная книга - настоящий портал в другой мир。 Очень жаль， что не закончена

William Patterson ，

An arresting short read。 Good enough that I plan on reading his other works。 An American landscape painter named Judith Pancake？ Unicorns and one-eyed lizards？ Everywhere you turn this pared down incomplete pseudo-spiritualist metaphor is brimming with inventive， off-kilter things happening。

Tomek ，

Could have been great， but in its unfinished form， it comes off as half-baked and confused。 The only thing I thought worth reading was the afterward。

Leiandra ，

A delightful read that grows in you as you look into or recall your adventures。 For some reason， my person was called into reading this book。 It's vividly written that I never felt the weight of my weary bones more。 A delightful read that grows in you as you look into or recall your adventures。 For some reason， my person was called into reading this book。 It's vividly written that I never felt the weight of my weary bones more。 。。。more

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