A Night of Serious Drinking
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A Night of Serious Drinking (1938) is an allegorical
novel by the French
surrealist writer René Daumal
detailing what is ostensibly an extremely simple plot in which the narrator overly imbibes alcohol
; what unfolds however is a novel which explores the extremities of heaven and hell.
Allegory
Allegory is a demonstrative form of representation explaining meaning other than the words that are spoken. Allegory communicates its message by means of symbolic figures, actions or symbolic representation...
novel by the French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
surrealist writer René Daumal
René Daumal
René Daumal was a French spiritual para-surrealist writer and poet. He was born in Boulzicourt, Ardennes, France....
detailing what is ostensibly an extremely simple plot in which the narrator overly imbibes alcohol
Alcohol
In chemistry, an alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxy functional group is bound to a carbon atom. In particular, this carbon center should be saturated, having single bonds to three other atoms....
; what unfolds however is a novel which explores the extremities of heaven and hell.