description: René Daumal's Le Contre-Ciel is a collection of poems about death, not a death that ends life but a death that begins it. For this early 20th century French poet-philosopher, Life , in its most dynamic sense, can only be experienced after the facade of self identity has been systematically negated through a kind of metaphysical suicide. In Le Contre-Ciel , Daumal invites us, his readers, to go through this process of regeneration-through-negation with him in order to revive in ourselves a knowledge and understanding of our primordial sources.
language: English
title: Le Contre-Ciel: Translated by Kelton W. Knight
titlecomplete: Le Contre-Ciel: Translated by Kelton W. Knight (American University Studies)
genres: France, Poetry, Philosophy, French Literature, Literature
ratings_count: 75
publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers