About this title: Nadja, originally published in France in 1928, is the first and perhaps best Surrealist romance ever written, a book which defined that movement's attitude toward everyday life.The principal narrative is an account of the author's relationship with a girl in the city of Paris, the story of an obsessional presence haunting his life. The first ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780394173931ISBN:0394173937
Description: Acceptable. MAY HAVE COVER WEAR, SPINE CREASES, HIGHLIGHTING, UNDERLINING & PAGES YELLOWED FROM AGE. FASTER SERVICE FROM US! ! ! read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Acceptable. 1986-Paperback----Used-Acceptable-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1960
ISBN-13:9780802150264ISBN:0802150268
Description: Good. No Jacket. 8vo-Between 7 3/4" and 9 3/4" Tall. 160 page book is in good condition with edgewear, scuffing of cover, discoloration on cover and page sides, bent page corners, and yellowing pages. This book is a Surrealist romance which defined that movement's attitude toward everyday life. This is an account of the author's relationship with a girl in the city of Paris, the story of an obsessional presence haunting his life. It is supplemented by forty-four photographs which form an ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press
Date Published: 1994-01-11
ISBN-13:9780802150264ISBN:0802150268
Description: New. A great book in new condition. may show slight signs of shelf wear. We provide USPS confirmation tracking and email when we ship. We want your complete satisfaction. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, New York NY
Date Published: 1960
ISBN-13:9780394173931ISBN:0394173937
Description: Good + 8vo 0394173937 Good or better clean and firm Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Topics 20th century; Continental european; Fiction; French literature; Literary; Reader's Catalog; Translations into English. read more
Description: Good. Most pages clean crisp and unmarked. Underlining or margin notes on a handful of pages. Cover shows some minimal wear at edges and corners-not significant. Small yellow stain across front cover-almost blends in with cover art.. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: folio(#73)/Gallimard
Date Published: 1975
Description: VERY GOOD+ Tight, bright, light age soil to exterior, tilted. Single reading crease on spine and slight wear to exterior corners. Diary. Illustrated with black and white photos. Text in French. read more
Edition: First edition, second printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Evergreen Original
Date Published: 1960
Description: Near fine stiff wraps with light sunning to spine. Title well evident on spine. Text crisp and clean throughout. Well illustrated with photographs. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780802150264ISBN:0802150268
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Grove Pr
Date Published: 1960-06-01
ISBN-13:9780802150264ISBN:0802150268
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press, New York
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780802150264ISBN:0802150268
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Apart from a little shelf wear to cover edges and surface, very faint marking of the page edges and a remainder mark (red line) on the bottom page edges, this is in very good condition. Internally, the pages are tight, bright and extremely clean and there are no inscriptions. The spine is crease free. All my books are carefully packed and I make every effort to despatch orders the same day. If you have any questions regarding this book please do not hesitate to ... read more
"Andre Breton smoothly and seemingly effortlessly incorporates some of my favorite things into a love story: fortune tellers, random footnotes, prison abolition, psychologically questionable doodles, and etymologically inspired nicknames. Breton makes it completely believable that anyone would be swallowed up by the quirkiness and eccentricities of his Nadja; as in... if I met her in a cafe, I would totally let her-- I'd maybe even beg her to-- tell me all about the former men in her life, her lonliness, her failed attempt at a drug deal, and her financial hardships. Like the protagonist, I'd also totally give her a whole bunch of money if she gave me just ONE of her ridiculous sketches. Nadja's an extremeley interesting and awesome character, and the first-person-narrator understandably revolves his story around her as if there were no other way to communicate a point. He's entranced with her as he should be. It seems like if Nadja didn't catch your full and obsessive attention, then you're the crazy one."
"One of the most irritating books I have ever read. Up there with Ayn Rand. Literature shouldn't go posing as philosophy or propaganda, and vise versa. There were maybe four decent sentences total.
"Surrealism was Breton's cross to bear and "Nadja" is considered a difficult yet essential surrealist work. This novella is about a young man's romance with a woman who might be considered a clairvoyant with a borderline personality disorder. Keeping with the tenets of Surrealism, the characters have autobigraphical elememnts that, for some, add an eerie realism to this tale of mad love. Breton was a proponent of automatic writing which produced a stream-of-consciousness style that is prevalent throughout the book."
"We must leave the book, and as "Nadja and Breton", we walk through the streets of Paris ... " It may be that life needs to be decoded as a cryptogram". The encounter with these words during my reading was surprising.
"Nadja" is a reflection of surrealist thought and is characterized by his innovative speech. Reading " The Manifeste of Surrealism " by André Breton is a good introduction to discover this master of Surrealism.
The surreal text claim a special status: its priority is not literary but experimental. The desire of André Breton, when he wrote the story which gives the title of "Nadja", is to share with readers, including his surrealists's friends, like a witness over a period of its existence that has been crossed by wonderful episodes. The text becomes the evidence of the opportunity to direct his life so that it's beyond the rational control and acquire a poetic consistency. The surreal text is intended to contaminate the experience of the readers, which are called upon to test themself the limits of logic, and introduce doubt in the representation of their own future."
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