num_pages: 156
description: 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
titlecomplete: Le Contre-Ciel
genres: French Literature, France, Philosophy, Literature, Poetry
ratings_count: 75
publisher: Harry N. Abrams