L'EVIDENCE ABSURDE: Essais et Notes, I (1926-1934)
Paris: Gallimard, 1972. First printing. 286 pages. More
Paris: Gallimard, 1972. First printing. 286 pages. More
Paris: Gallimard, 1939. First printing. First French edition of A Night of Serious Drinking; Collection Metamorphoses VI; 156 pages. More
New York: Overlook Press, 2005. First edition. Translated from the French and with an introduction by Kelton W. Knight; 159 pages. This book is the classic poetic exploration of the search for spiritual enlightenment. Le Contre-Ciel ("The Counter-Heaven") marked the start of one of the most daring and inventive careers..... More
Toronto: Dolmen Meadow, 2010. First edition. Translation by Gabriela Ansari and Roger Lipsey; Introduction by Roger Lipsey; 298 pages. René Daumal was a born seeker, which he found in the teaching of George Ivanovich Gurdjieff, first through his contact with Alexandre de Salzmann, later through work with Jeanne de Salzmann..... More
Cambridge: Exact Change, 2019. Translation and Introduction by Roger Shattuck; Postface by Véra Daumal; 159 pages. More
Boulder: Shambhala, 1979. First U.S. edition. Translated by David Coward & E.A. Lovatt; 121 pages. More
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979. First edition. Ownership stamp of Seymour Ginsburg; 150 pages. More
New York: Overlook Press, 2003. Translation by David Coward and E.A. Lovatt; Introduction by Kathleen Ferrick Rosenblatt; 150 pages. From the introduction, "Daumal is conducting his readers on a tour through the labyrinth of the mind's convolutions. Using thirst as a metaphor, he reveals normal life to be a state..... More
San Francisco: City Lights, 1991. First printing. Edited and translated with an Introduction by Mark Polizzotti; 174 pages. More
Kathmandu: Shiva Stan, 2002. Second edition. Translated with an Introduction by Louise Landes Levi; This edition limited to 324 copies and bound in hand-made paper; 107 pages. More
University of nebraska Press, 1995. First printing. Translated by Thomas Vorsteen; 133 pages. More
New York: 2000. Contains "One and One Make One" by Christian Wertenbaker - The puzzle of looking inward and outward; "Enigma, Paradox, Parable" by David and Sharon Hoffman - Western traditions of teaching through riddles; "The Mystery of the Headless Goddess" by Miranda Shaw - Tantric symbol of spiritual rebirth;..... More
New York: Society for Myth and Tradition, 2003. 128 pages. More
London: Atlas, 2015. Translated and edited by Dennis Duncan; 191 pages. More
Toronto: Traditional Studies Press, 2008. MP3 format unabridged audio CD read by Dr. William Welch. More
Gallimard, 1956. Later printing. French translation of Death in the Afternoon by René Daumal; Original paperback rebound in leather with raised bands, gilt spine titles, beautifully marbled end-papers and marking ribbon; 302 pages. More