A Night of Serious Drinking

A Night of Serious Drinking

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author = René Daumal
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country = France
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release_date = 1938
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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.


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