In this brief, dense essay, first published by Hanuman Books in 1989, Daumal bids us to resist the very notion of the truth, and to recognize it as an artistic and metaphysical dead-end.

René Daumal (1908-1944) was a French poet and writer often associated with surrealism (though he fought against the label), spiritualism, and pataphysics. He is perhaps best remembered for the posthumously published novel, Mount Analogue (1952).

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