A NIGHT OF SERIOUS DRINKING RENE DAUMAL 1ST AMERICAN EDITION SHAMBHALA 1979

Title: A Night of Serious Drinking

Author: René Daumal

Publisher: Shambhala

Publication Date: 1979

Edition: First American Edition

Place of Publication: Boulder, Colorado

Format: Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Language: English

ISBN: 0877731624

A Night of Serious Drinking is René Daumal's extraordinary surrealist and philosophical novel, presented here in the 1979 First American Edition published by Shambhala.

Originally published in French as La Grande Beuverie, the work begins with a night of drinking but quickly moves far beyond an ordinary tale of intoxication. Daumal uses absurdity, satire, allegory and philosophical humor to examine human behavior, intellectual pretension, social conventions and the search for genuine understanding.

The novel occupies the fascinating territory between surrealist fiction, philosophy, satire and spiritual literature. Daumal was associated with the French avant-garde and is also widely known for his unfinished allegorical novel Mount Analogue. Readers interested in mysticism, consciousness, experimental literature and twentieth-century French thought will find considerable material here.

This First American Edition is particularly appealing as an early U.S. presentation of Daumal's work from Shambhala, a publisher strongly associated with philosophy, spirituality and alternative intellectual traditions.

KEY FEATURES

• First American Edition

• Published by Shambhala in 1979

• Boulder, Colorado publication

• Hardcover with dust jacket

• ISBN 0877731624

• Important work by René Daumal

• Originally published in French as La Grande Beuverie

• Surrealist and philosophical fiction

• Satirical exploration of society and human behavior

• Themes of consciousness, spirituality and self-knowledge

• French avant-garde literary interest

• Strong companion title to Daumal's Mount Analogue

• Collectible twentieth-century literary and philosophical work

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08/14/2026

A NIGHT OF SERIOUS DRINKING RENE DAUMAL 1ST AMERICAN EDITION SHAMBHALA 1979

This product is a vintage first American edition hardcover book titled "Night of Serious Drinking" by Rene Daumal, published by Shambhala Publications, Incorporated in 1979. The book falls under the genre of fiction and explores themes of surrealism, philosophy, mysticism, spirituality, and satire. With 121 pages, this original edition includes a dust jacket and is personalized by the author. Written in French and English, this book is a unique and collectible piece for literary enthusiasts.