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Nadja
Nadja est un r茅cit autobiographique d'Andr茅 Breton publi茅 en 1928, revu et corrig茅 par l'auteur en 1962. Avec le ton neutre du 芦 proc猫s-verbal 禄, du document 芦 pris sur le vif1 禄, Breton rend compte 芦 sans aucune affabulation romanesque ni d茅guisement du r茅el2 禄 des 茅v茅nements quotidiens survenus durant 9 jours entre lui et une jeune femme rencontr茅e le 4 octobre 1926 脿 Paris, L茅ona Delcourt, qui se surnommait elle-m锚me 芦 Nadja 禄.
190 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1928
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Andr茅 Breton
270听books762听followersAfter World War I, French poet and literary theorist Andr茅 Breton began to link at first with Dadaism but broke with that movement to write the first manifesto of surrealism in 1924.
People best know this theorist as the principal founder. His writings include the Surrealist Manifesto (Manifeste du surr茅alisme), in which he defined this "pure psychic automatism."
People best know this theorist as the principal founder. His writings include the Surrealist Manifesto (Manifeste du surr茅alisme), in which he defined this "pure psychic automatism."
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April 27, 2025
Who is the narrator? Spiritus mundi? Anima mundi?
Narrator is Andr茅 Breton who, however, poses himself as their peer. He recounts as if he is daydreaming鈥�
People and places鈥� Theatre and cinema鈥� Memories and encounters鈥�
At last, after a long preamble 鈥� almost half a book 鈥� the story begins鈥� He accidentally meets her鈥�
Even the lost souls need love.
Who am I? If this once I were to rely on a proverb, then perhaps everything would amount to knowing whom I 鈥渉aunt.鈥� I must admit that this last word is misleading, tending to establish between certain beings and myself relations that are stranger, more inescapable, more disturbing than I intended. Such a word means much more than it says, makes me, still alive, play a听ghostly听part, evidently referring to what I must have ceased to be in order to be who I am.
Narrator is Andr茅 Breton who, however, poses himself as their peer. He recounts as if he is daydreaming鈥�
At the end of one afternoon, last year, in the side aisles of the 鈥淓lectric-Palace,鈥� a naked woman, who must have come in wearing only her coat,听strolled, dead white, from one row to the next. This in itself was upsetting. Far, unfortunately, from being extraordinary enough, since this section of the 鈥淓lectric鈥� was the most commonplace sort of illicit sexual rendezvous.
People and places鈥� Theatre and cinema鈥� Memories and encounters鈥�
At last, after a long preamble 鈥� almost half a book 鈥� the story begins鈥� He accidentally meets her鈥�
She told me her name, the one she had chosen for herself: 鈥淣adja, because in听Russian听it鈥檚 the beginning of the word hope, and because it鈥檚 only the beginning.鈥�
鈥淲ho are you?鈥� And she, without a moment鈥檚 hesitation: 鈥淚 am the soul in听limbo.鈥�
Even the lost souls need love.
December 6, 2021
(Book 683 from 1001 books) - Nadja, Andr茅 Breton
Nadja (1928), the second book published by Andr茅 Breton, is one of the iconic works of the French surrealist movement. It begins with the question "Who am I?"
It is based on Breton's actual interactions with a young woman, Nadja, over the course of ten days, and is presumed to be a semi-autobiographical description of his relationship with a mad patient of Pierre Janet.
The book's non-linear structure is grounded in reality by references to other Paris surrealists such as Louis Aragon and 44 photographs. The last sentence of the book ("Beauty will be Convulsive or will not be at all") provided the title for Pierre Boulez's flute concerto ... explosante-fixe. ...
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Nadja (1928), the second book published by Andr茅 Breton, is one of the iconic works of the French surrealist movement. It begins with the question "Who am I?"
It is based on Breton's actual interactions with a young woman, Nadja, over the course of ten days, and is presumed to be a semi-autobiographical description of his relationship with a mad patient of Pierre Janet.
The book's non-linear structure is grounded in reality by references to other Paris surrealists such as Louis Aragon and 44 photographs. The last sentence of the book ("Beauty will be Convulsive or will not be at all") provided the title for Pierre Boulez's flute concerto ... explosante-fixe. ...
賳丕丿蹖丕 - 丌賳丿乇賴 亘乇鬲賵賳 (丕賮賯) 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲 爻亘讴 爻賵乇乇卅丕賱蹖爻賲貨 鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 乇賵夭 亘蹖爻鬲 賵 賴賮鬲賲 賲丕賴 賮賵乇蹖賴 爻丕賱2012賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
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賳賯賱 趩賳丿 爻胤乇 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘: (丿賵爻鬲卮 賳丿丕乇賲責 賳夭丿蹖讴鬲乇蹖賳 趩蹖夭 亘賴 丕賵蹖賲 賵賯鬲蹖 讴賴 賲賳 讴賳丕乇 丕賵 賴爻鬲賲
夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖 蹖丕 賲禺賱 丕爻鬲 賵 蹖丕 丕氐賱丕 賵噩賵丿 賳丿丕乇丿
丕賵 賳賲蹖鬲賵丕賳丿 賵丕乇丿 卮賵丿貙 丕賵 賵丕乇丿 賳卮丿)貨 倬丕蹖丕賳 賳賯賱 丕夭 芦丌賳丿乇賴 亘乇鬲賵賳禄貨
鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 23/11/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 14/09/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
April 28, 2025
Be careful: everything fades, everything vanishes. Something must remain of us鈥�
What better way to see the essence of life fresh and anew than through the eyes of a newfound friend. The world opens up as you turn down avenues you鈥檝e walked by but never had reason to explore before, the language of life reveals new slangs and idioms of place and persons.Nadja by Andre Breton is the first surrealist romance novel and explores the surrealist movement through expression in the character Nadja鈥檚 unique way of existing in the word. Nadja鈥擫茅ona Camile Ghislaine Delacourt (1902-1941)鈥攊s 鈥�the soul of limbo鈥� wandering through the streets of Paris in poverty like a leaf blown by the winds of chance, and becomes Breton鈥檚 muse over the course of their short-lived friendship. While Nadja will likely feel threadbare to a modern reader, it was a major work of early surrealist literature that gleefully captures the movement and passionately chronicles the night walk love affair between Breton and his muse.
Breton wrote that Surrealism is a 鈥�pure state,鈥� by which one can channel through art 鈥�the actual functioning of thought...the superior reality.鈥� Nadja comes from Breton鈥檚 life experiences鈥攖hough the validity of its heroine was once a topic of heated debate鈥攁nd attempts to put forth his methodology.
Nadja, as she names herself 鈥�because in Russian it鈥檚 the beginning of the word hope, and because it鈥檚 only the beginning鈥�, is seen by Breton as a personification of his surrealist movement. Her lifestyle and actions that 鈥�approach the extreme limit of surrealist aspiration, its furthest determinant鈥� as she wanders about seemingly aimless but with a purpose of her own only accessible to her unique pattern of thought. She has incredible visions, extreme shifts in mood and what Breton sees as a free-spirited and unpredictable being. She unabashedly projects the essence of her being that pulls those around her into a surreal reality that shatters their conceptions of the world. Nadja reads like an early inspiration for the 鈥榤anic-pixie-dreamgirl鈥� cliche that plagues twee coming-of-age novels and films.
鈥楨ccentricity鈥� could be a valid label for Nadja鈥檚 behavior, but also might bear a misleading connotation of negative aberration. True, her behavior does often position her in dangerous situations that land her in legal trouble, but mental instability and psychiatric investigation is not the intention of her character analysis. Breton does soon tire of her unpredictability and aloofness and after having a massive mental breakdown she is thrust into an asylum (the real Nadja died in the asylum, spending the last fourteen years of her life inside), but the impression of Nadja is one of beauty marvel. She sees the world for the magic in it, and if a consequence of this gift is to be socially inept 鈥�according to the imbecile code of good sense and good manners鈥� in the eyes of the masses, than Breton see鈥檚 it as worthwhile (if only a bit tiresome). 鈥�Unless you have been inside a sanitarium,鈥� he writes near the novel鈥檚 conclusion, 鈥�you do not know that madmen are made there.鈥� Her behavior and lifestyle is a rebellion against the code of the masses, a window into truth, and it is the resistance of such a pure truth by the masses that cages her into a label of insanity. To Breton, it is her removal from the life she both neglects and embraces that results in her downfall.
It would be interesting to see a newer translation of this, or compare the translation to the original text. Perhaps it is the translator's work, or Breton鈥檚 himself, but the fluidity of prose is cumbersome. While lengthy sentences can ring like angelic melody with a careful streetlight system of punctuation, Breton鈥檚 sentences are overly punctuated and so stop-and-go with sentences within sentences offset with frequent comma usage that it feels like syntactical epilepsy. Breton did express an attempt at recreating the purity of realistic thought processing, but it seems overly clunky in its attempts. This, however, may be from having read authors writing much more recently (Joseph McElroy has a masterful control over stream-of-consciousness that replicates actual consciousness, for example) that have polished a more fluid prose. Reading Nadja for it鈥檚 historical value may very well be more rewarding than its poetic value, which is still quite a feat in and of itself. The novel flows a bit too much like a suffocating river, and is a bit bland, yet Breton still works magic on emotion and intellect.
Nadja is alive and well through Breton鈥檚 work, ushering us with her intoxicating yet obfuscating behavior. While she is confirmed to have sprung from an actual person, perhaps the notion that she is more an embodiment of a way of being or a mood than flesh-and-blood is an equally rewarding viewpoint of the novel. Nadja is the sort of person that makes us smitten with characters in novels, knowing full well that they do not exist but falling in love with the essence of them, the constructs of ideas and ideals they represent. It is a pure love, one that exists by pushing reality to its extreme boundaries to enhance reality, much in keeping with Breton鈥檚 surrealism. Nadja is an important work, and one that also captures the reader鈥檚 heart.
3.5/5
鈥�Beauty will be CONVULSIVE or will not be at all.
鹿 To further highlight the essence of surrealism, there is a fantastic story of Robert Desnos during his imprisonment in the concentration camps that I discovered in an article about his life. One day Desnos is loaded onto a truck with other inmates and driven to the gas chambers. They depart the truck and begin walking in silent, single-file order when Desnos, as some sort of final surrealist joke, breaks from line, grabs the hand of a woman and starts reading her palm. Highly animated and jovial, Desnos declares she has a long life-line and evinces a joyful life full of good fortune. He goes from prisoner to prisoner bestowing each with the news of a long life-line and future success. His actions so disturb the guards as he so insistently and convincingly paints a new colorful reality of life and love onto the actual reality of drab and doom that the guards cannot continue with the execution and order the inmates back onto the truck. They head back to the camp and are never executed.
虏 named Nadja as one of his sixteen favorite novels (published in Playboy Mexico) and the influence of Nadja is readily apparent through its anecdotal progression and insight into a reality of the essence of life found within the everyday reality. His novels use similar techniques where real experiences form the roots from which fiction is fed; Bolano also writes books like doors left ajar where a simple tracing of names and events reveals a room full of tangible history as an anchor for his fictional reality.
What better way to see the essence of life fresh and anew than through the eyes of a newfound friend. The world opens up as you turn down avenues you鈥檝e walked by but never had reason to explore before, the language of life reveals new slangs and idioms of place and persons.Nadja by Andre Breton is the first surrealist romance novel and explores the surrealist movement through expression in the character Nadja鈥檚 unique way of existing in the word. Nadja鈥擫茅ona Camile Ghislaine Delacourt (1902-1941)鈥攊s 鈥�the soul of limbo鈥� wandering through the streets of Paris in poverty like a leaf blown by the winds of chance, and becomes Breton鈥檚 muse over the course of their short-lived friendship. While Nadja will likely feel threadbare to a modern reader, it was a major work of early surrealist literature that gleefully captures the movement and passionately chronicles the night walk love affair between Breton and his muse.
Breton wrote that Surrealism is a 鈥�pure state,鈥� by which one can channel through art 鈥�the actual functioning of thought...the superior reality.鈥� Nadja comes from Breton鈥檚 life experiences鈥攖hough the validity of its heroine was once a topic of heated debate鈥攁nd attempts to put forth his methodology.
I insist on knowing the names, on being interested only in books left ajar, like doors; I will not go looking for keys.The novel has a very episodic feel, jumping through time on the platforms of anecdotes populated by friends of Breton. 鹿, and (who also provides several of the many photographs in Nadja) frequently mingle in the text and Breton maps out his walks and outings through frequent mention of notable cafes and buildings to reinforce the reality of his tale by grounding it in the physical world through namedrop and photograph虏.The first portion of the novel is very diary-like, chronicling his average day to day activities working with his surrealist peers. The meetingi of the mysterious Nadja, however, is the explosive force that turns his world about and the catalyst of the novel鈥檚 heart.
Nadja, as she names herself 鈥�because in Russian it鈥檚 the beginning of the word hope, and because it鈥檚 only the beginning鈥�, is seen by Breton as a personification of his surrealist movement. Her lifestyle and actions that 鈥�approach the extreme limit of surrealist aspiration, its furthest determinant鈥� as she wanders about seemingly aimless but with a purpose of her own only accessible to her unique pattern of thought. She has incredible visions, extreme shifts in mood and what Breton sees as a free-spirited and unpredictable being. She unabashedly projects the essence of her being that pulls those around her into a surreal reality that shatters their conceptions of the world. Nadja reads like an early inspiration for the 鈥榤anic-pixie-dreamgirl鈥� cliche that plagues twee coming-of-age novels and films.
鈥楨ccentricity鈥� could be a valid label for Nadja鈥檚 behavior, but also might bear a misleading connotation of negative aberration. True, her behavior does often position her in dangerous situations that land her in legal trouble, but mental instability and psychiatric investigation is not the intention of her character analysis. Breton does soon tire of her unpredictability and aloofness and after having a massive mental breakdown she is thrust into an asylum (the real Nadja died in the asylum, spending the last fourteen years of her life inside), but the impression of Nadja is one of beauty marvel. She sees the world for the magic in it, and if a consequence of this gift is to be socially inept 鈥�according to the imbecile code of good sense and good manners鈥� in the eyes of the masses, than Breton see鈥檚 it as worthwhile (if only a bit tiresome). 鈥�Unless you have been inside a sanitarium,鈥� he writes near the novel鈥檚 conclusion, 鈥�you do not know that madmen are made there.鈥� Her behavior and lifestyle is a rebellion against the code of the masses, a window into truth, and it is the resistance of such a pure truth by the masses that cages her into a label of insanity. To Breton, it is her removal from the life she both neglects and embraces that results in her downfall.
It would be interesting to see a newer translation of this, or compare the translation to the original text. Perhaps it is the translator's work, or Breton鈥檚 himself, but the fluidity of prose is cumbersome. While lengthy sentences can ring like angelic melody with a careful streetlight system of punctuation, Breton鈥檚 sentences are overly punctuated and so stop-and-go with sentences within sentences offset with frequent comma usage that it feels like syntactical epilepsy. Breton did express an attempt at recreating the purity of realistic thought processing, but it seems overly clunky in its attempts. This, however, may be from having read authors writing much more recently (Joseph McElroy has a masterful control over stream-of-consciousness that replicates actual consciousness, for example) that have polished a more fluid prose. Reading Nadja for it鈥檚 historical value may very well be more rewarding than its poetic value, which is still quite a feat in and of itself. The novel flows a bit too much like a suffocating river, and is a bit bland, yet Breton still works magic on emotion and intellect.
Nadja is alive and well through Breton鈥檚 work, ushering us with her intoxicating yet obfuscating behavior. While she is confirmed to have sprung from an actual person, perhaps the notion that she is more an embodiment of a way of being or a mood than flesh-and-blood is an equally rewarding viewpoint of the novel. Nadja is the sort of person that makes us smitten with characters in novels, knowing full well that they do not exist but falling in love with the essence of them, the constructs of ideas and ideals they represent. It is a pure love, one that exists by pushing reality to its extreme boundaries to enhance reality, much in keeping with Breton鈥檚 surrealism. Nadja is an important work, and one that also captures the reader鈥檚 heart.
3.5/5
鈥�Beauty will be CONVULSIVE or will not be at all.
鹿 To further highlight the essence of surrealism, there is a fantastic story of Robert Desnos during his imprisonment in the concentration camps that I discovered in an article about his life. One day Desnos is loaded onto a truck with other inmates and driven to the gas chambers. They depart the truck and begin walking in silent, single-file order when Desnos, as some sort of final surrealist joke, breaks from line, grabs the hand of a woman and starts reading her palm. Highly animated and jovial, Desnos declares she has a long life-line and evinces a joyful life full of good fortune. He goes from prisoner to prisoner bestowing each with the news of a long life-line and future success. His actions so disturb the guards as he so insistently and convincingly paints a new colorful reality of life and love onto the actual reality of drab and doom that the guards cannot continue with the execution and order the inmates back onto the truck. They head back to the camp and are never executed.
虏 named Nadja as one of his sixteen favorite novels (published in Playboy Mexico) and the influence of Nadja is readily apparent through its anecdotal progression and insight into a reality of the essence of life found within the everyday reality. His novels use similar techniques where real experiences form the roots from which fiction is fed; Bolano also writes books like doors left ajar where a simple tracing of names and events reveals a room full of tangible history as an anchor for his fictional reality.
December 1, 2016
鈥淚 shall discuss these things without pre-established order, and according to the mood of the moment鈥︹€�.鈥�
Andre Breton doesn鈥檛 give a fuck; he doesn鈥檛 care about you; he doesn鈥檛 care about me: he doesn't care about his reader.
He only cares about his Nadja. This book was written for her.
But what is Nadja? The physical Nadja in the novel is a woman dealing intense emotional and psychological problems; she captures the gaze of the narrator and his heart. She becomes his muse, his artistic inspiration. His desire for her is incredible. But does she actually exist? This book is deeply abstract. Breton wrote the manifesto for the surrealist art movement, and some of these ideas are deeply thematic in here.
It feels strangely surreal, hard to define and obscure. The structure mirrors this idea. This is Breton鈥檚 book, and he is going to write it how he wants to. He鈥檚 not going to follow any rules; he鈥檚 not going to create any sense of structure: he鈥檚 just going to produce a random piece of writing that exists because it exists. And he鈥檚 going to shove some pictures in it too because why not? This sense of nonchalance matches Nadja鈥檚 attitude towards life, and the randomness of the images captures her shifting moods and unpredictability. The book is Nadja, and the woman he meets is also Nadja. She is no longer an individual- a person with a past and a history- but an object, an object of artistic power. She resides in this dreamscape.
The idea of the character Nadja, this ideal, is elusive; yet, for a moment the narrator seems to capture her love. She is the embodiment of the surrealist artist movement, an entity that defies convention; she has her own reasons, but they are beyond the conceptions of others. She is an altogether different creature with her strange visions, her air of eccentricity, rapid changes in mood and, perhaps one might term them, delusions. The love the narrator harbours her is nothing short of pure; he sees this being, this woman of undefinable constructs, and is enamoured.
鈥淏eauty will be convulsive or will not be at all.鈥�
Life is random. It has intervals and occurrences that disrupt the flow of your day: it doesn鈥檛 follow a perfect construction of organisation. Breton replicates some of these ideas here, but I just don鈥檛 think he does it very well. His interludes don鈥檛 hold much. There鈥檚 an odd bit about cocaine and several autobiographical bits at the start before the novel even gets going. But, again, there鈥檚 just not much too them. The real power is with his Nadja.
Because of the fragmented nature of the work, and its general brevity, key elements were remained vague to the point of minimalistic effect. The idea of the dreamscape, the surrealist romance, made this even stronger. But is that a good thing? For me this lacks any real dramatic effect; it never really delivers these ideas. The writing is also rather poor, but perhaps it鈥檚 the translation that hinders its effectiveness. The prose does not flow well; it has lots of mechanical aspects such as numerous stops and starts making it feel disjointed. This really hinders the impact of certain important passages: it reduces them. So this creates a novel that had the power to grasp literary greatness, but it just missed it by a very small stretch of the hand. It was ever so close.
Despite its failed potential, this is a novel I am so glad I read. This idea of Nadja is not one I will quickly forget鈥︹€︹€�..
Andre Breton doesn鈥檛 give a fuck; he doesn鈥檛 care about you; he doesn鈥檛 care about me: he doesn't care about his reader.
He only cares about his Nadja. This book was written for her.
But what is Nadja? The physical Nadja in the novel is a woman dealing intense emotional and psychological problems; she captures the gaze of the narrator and his heart. She becomes his muse, his artistic inspiration. His desire for her is incredible. But does she actually exist? This book is deeply abstract. Breton wrote the manifesto for the surrealist art movement, and some of these ideas are deeply thematic in here.
It feels strangely surreal, hard to define and obscure. The structure mirrors this idea. This is Breton鈥檚 book, and he is going to write it how he wants to. He鈥檚 not going to follow any rules; he鈥檚 not going to create any sense of structure: he鈥檚 just going to produce a random piece of writing that exists because it exists. And he鈥檚 going to shove some pictures in it too because why not? This sense of nonchalance matches Nadja鈥檚 attitude towards life, and the randomness of the images captures her shifting moods and unpredictability. The book is Nadja, and the woman he meets is also Nadja. She is no longer an individual- a person with a past and a history- but an object, an object of artistic power. She resides in this dreamscape.
The idea of the character Nadja, this ideal, is elusive; yet, for a moment the narrator seems to capture her love. She is the embodiment of the surrealist artist movement, an entity that defies convention; she has her own reasons, but they are beyond the conceptions of others. She is an altogether different creature with her strange visions, her air of eccentricity, rapid changes in mood and, perhaps one might term them, delusions. The love the narrator harbours her is nothing short of pure; he sees this being, this woman of undefinable constructs, and is enamoured.
鈥淏eauty will be convulsive or will not be at all.鈥�
Life is random. It has intervals and occurrences that disrupt the flow of your day: it doesn鈥檛 follow a perfect construction of organisation. Breton replicates some of these ideas here, but I just don鈥檛 think he does it very well. His interludes don鈥檛 hold much. There鈥檚 an odd bit about cocaine and several autobiographical bits at the start before the novel even gets going. But, again, there鈥檚 just not much too them. The real power is with his Nadja.
Because of the fragmented nature of the work, and its general brevity, key elements were remained vague to the point of minimalistic effect. The idea of the dreamscape, the surrealist romance, made this even stronger. But is that a good thing? For me this lacks any real dramatic effect; it never really delivers these ideas. The writing is also rather poor, but perhaps it鈥檚 the translation that hinders its effectiveness. The prose does not flow well; it has lots of mechanical aspects such as numerous stops and starts making it feel disjointed. This really hinders the impact of certain important passages: it reduces them. So this creates a novel that had the power to grasp literary greatness, but it just missed it by a very small stretch of the hand. It was ever so close.
Despite its failed potential, this is a novel I am so glad I read. This idea of Nadja is not one I will quickly forget鈥︹€︹€�..
January 13, 2011
When I was in college, I was in a block section. We were around 40 and we were classmates in all subjects from 1st year to 3rd year. Our last year was an internship in a hospital. During that year, we were mixed with other interns from other schools. That was the year when I met my first real love.
One early morning, I was doing complete blood count near the window of the laboratory. I was on duty the whole night and was scheduled to leave at around 9:00 a.m. I was done with the count and just writing the results. When I glanced at the window, I saw that the trees and garden in front of the hospital were still partly hidden in the thick fog. Then I saw an image of a girl wearing a white frock (laboratory gown) almost as white as the fog. I knew who she was. She was an intern from another school. She was in the day shift but she came early just to share with me the breakfast that she cooked in her dormitory. She would like me to have a taste of her cooking. I was amused by the attention that she was giving me. The girls in my block section were never like that. Oh maybe because we all knew each other that we were like brothers and sisters already. No more mystery to ignite curiousity and create the chemistry to spark romance.
It's been 25 years since that morning but I still vividly remember that scene. My first love appearing from the fog just like a dream. Surreal. Bizarre. Dreamlike.
Nadja (1927) written by the pricipal founder of Surrealism, Andre Breton (1896-1966) was like that. It is surreal, bizarre, dreamlike but it will make you remember your past love or the first time you felt in love. It is about a man falling in love with a woman amidst the beauty of Paris in the 1920's. The narrative is punctuated with 40 photographs showing the places, people and events related to the short-lived love story. Surreal is a literary genre and this novel is its most popular example. The narrative is linear but vague. While reading it, one can never be sure if Nadja is a real woman, an idea or an illusion. The narrator's feeling is also going in all directions: love, infatuation, curiousity, apathy, indifference, etc. There is a reason for the last two that I would not want to share as I do not want to spoil your fun (in case you want to read this book too).
Suffice it to say that this novel is unique in its structure, narration and characters. The plot is typical but it is a worthwhile reading experience. It deserves its place in the 501 Must Read Books and 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. Breton defined "surrealism" as pure, psychic automatism. As an example, you hold a pen and move your hand freely. The curves, lines, points can reveal secrets about your inner self. This is called "automatism" or automatic drawing and is part of the Surrealist beliefs. With that example, think Breton writing this semi-autobiographical novel about a girl he met in France, fell in love with and stayed with her for 10 days. Throw in 40 photographs of the places they went and the things they shared. That, in essence was what Breton did here in Nadja.
My first love did not become my wife but our relationship lasted for 2 years. Unknown to my wife, I still keep our photographs, small mementos and the letters she gave me. Whenever I look at them, I still remember the days we were together. Surreal. Bizarre. Dreamlike.
One early morning, I was doing complete blood count near the window of the laboratory. I was on duty the whole night and was scheduled to leave at around 9:00 a.m. I was done with the count and just writing the results. When I glanced at the window, I saw that the trees and garden in front of the hospital were still partly hidden in the thick fog. Then I saw an image of a girl wearing a white frock (laboratory gown) almost as white as the fog. I knew who she was. She was an intern from another school. She was in the day shift but she came early just to share with me the breakfast that she cooked in her dormitory. She would like me to have a taste of her cooking. I was amused by the attention that she was giving me. The girls in my block section were never like that. Oh maybe because we all knew each other that we were like brothers and sisters already. No more mystery to ignite curiousity and create the chemistry to spark romance.
It's been 25 years since that morning but I still vividly remember that scene. My first love appearing from the fog just like a dream. Surreal. Bizarre. Dreamlike.
Nadja (1927) written by the pricipal founder of Surrealism, Andre Breton (1896-1966) was like that. It is surreal, bizarre, dreamlike but it will make you remember your past love or the first time you felt in love. It is about a man falling in love with a woman amidst the beauty of Paris in the 1920's. The narrative is punctuated with 40 photographs showing the places, people and events related to the short-lived love story. Surreal is a literary genre and this novel is its most popular example. The narrative is linear but vague. While reading it, one can never be sure if Nadja is a real woman, an idea or an illusion. The narrator's feeling is also going in all directions: love, infatuation, curiousity, apathy, indifference, etc. There is a reason for the last two that I would not want to share as I do not want to spoil your fun (in case you want to read this book too).
Suffice it to say that this novel is unique in its structure, narration and characters. The plot is typical but it is a worthwhile reading experience. It deserves its place in the 501 Must Read Books and 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. Breton defined "surrealism" as pure, psychic automatism. As an example, you hold a pen and move your hand freely. The curves, lines, points can reveal secrets about your inner self. This is called "automatism" or automatic drawing and is part of the Surrealist beliefs. With that example, think Breton writing this semi-autobiographical novel about a girl he met in France, fell in love with and stayed with her for 10 days. Throw in 40 photographs of the places they went and the things they shared. That, in essence was what Breton did here in Nadja.
My first love did not become my wife but our relationship lasted for 2 years. Unknown to my wife, I still keep our photographs, small mementos and the letters she gave me. Whenever I look at them, I still remember the days we were together. Surreal. Bizarre. Dreamlike.
March 22, 2023
It's one of those books you either love or hate. Nadja, without a doubt, is one of them. This hybrid text on the borders of autobiography, essay, and novel, embellished with photos, drawings, and literary references, is majestic and overwhelming. Breton does not seek to please. He shudders and disturbs. It propels its reader into the surrealist movement at the gates of madness. Who was Nadja? Elusive and indecipherable, Nadja seems to be the embodiment of surrealism. It seems so unreal that one would think it came from Breton's imagination. Yet Nadja was. But the real and eternal question is elsewhere. Who am I?
The last part is a magnificent plea against the deprivation of liberty and the fledgling psychiatric medicine at a time when entering a "specialized" hospital meant never leaving it again. Praise of madness, rejection of decency, and the right to be different. Gorgeous and timeless.
The last part is a magnificent plea against the deprivation of liberty and the fledgling psychiatric medicine at a time when entering a "specialized" hospital meant never leaving it again. Praise of madness, rejection of decency, and the right to be different. Gorgeous and timeless.
December 9, 2022
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爻乇丿賲 卮丿賴. 禺賵丕亘賲 诏乇賮鬲賴. 賲蹖 鬲乇爻賲. 賵 夭賲丕賳蹖 亘丕賯蹖 賳賲丕賳丿賴. 亘丕蹖丿 倬賵爻鬲 亘蹖賳丿丕夭賲. 亘丕蹖丿 亘賴 丌亘 亘夭賳賲. 亘賴 丿賱 胤賵賮丕賳. 亘賴 爻賲鬲 賳賵乇蹖 讴賴 鬲賵 賲蹖鈥屫жㄘз嗃�. 夭賳噩蹖乇賴丕蹖 噩夭蹖乇賴 亘賴 丿爻鬲 賵 倬丕蹖賲 诏乇賴 禺賵乇丿賴鈥屫з嗀� 夭禺賲蹖鈥屫з� 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 賵 賲乇丕 亘賴 毓賲賯 丕賯蹖丕賳賵爻 賲蹖 讴卮丕賳賳丿. 丕诏乇 卮亘 鬲賲丕賲 賳卮賵丿責 丕诏乇 賳賮爻蹖 賳賲丕賳賻丿責 亘丕蹖丿 亘賴 賮乇蹖丕丿賴丕蹖 倬卮鬲 爻乇賲 亘蹖 丕毓鬲賳丕 亘丕卮賲. 亘丕蹖丿 倬丕 亘夭賳賲. 亘賴 爻賲鬲 賳賵乇. 亘賴 爻賲鬲 鬲賵. 亘賴 爻賲鬲 賳賵乇蹖 讴賴 鬲賵蹖蹖. 賲蹖鈥屫必迟� 乇賵夭蹖責 鬲賵 賲蹖鈥屫з嗃�. 丌賳鈥屬囏� 讴賴 倬卮鬲 爻乇賳丿, 賳賲蹖鈥屫з嗁嗀�...
噩夭蹖乇賴. 賲賳. "噩賴丕賳賽 亘蹖 乇蹖卮賴. 亘丕丿亘丕丿讴蹖 爻乇诏乇丿丕賳." 爻乇诏乇丿丕賳蹖 乇賵丨賲 噩夭蹖乇賴 丕蹖 亘賵丿 讴賴 讴賱賲丕鬲鬲 禺賵丕亘卮 乇丕 丌卮賮鬲賴 讴乇丿. 噩夭蹖乇賴鈥屰� 丌卮賮鬲賴 丕蹖 讴賴 丿乇 丌賳 诏蹖乇 丕賮鬲丕丿賴 丕賲 賵 賲乇丕 丕夭 丌賳 诏乇蹖夭蹖 賳蹖爻鬲. 噩夭蹖乇賴鈥屫й� 禺丕賱蹖 丕夭 丨蹖賵丕賳丕鬲 丿乇賳丿賴鈥屰� 丌卮賳丕, 賵 賲賲賱賵 丕賲丕 丕夭 亘蹖诏丕賳诏丕賳 毓噩蹖亘蹖 讴賴 亘乇 乇賵蹖 丿賵 倬丕 乇丕賴 賲蹖鈥屫辟堎嗀� 賵 賳诏丕賴 讴乇丿賳, 卮賳蹖丿賳, 賵 丨乇賮 夭丿賳 賳賲蹖鈥屫з嗁嗀�. 賳诏丕賴賲 讴賳, 丌賳丿乇賴! 丨乇賮 亘夭賳! 賳丕诏賮鬲賳蹖 賴丕. 賳卮賳蹖丿賳蹖鈥屬囏�. 讴賱賲賴. 讴賱賲賴. 讴賱賲賴. 亘丕 讴賱賲丕鬲賽 "爻乇禺, 爻賮蹖丿, 賵 丌亘蹖": 倬賳噩乇賴 丕蹖 賳蹖賲鈥屫ㄘж� 賵 賮乇丕賲賵卮 卮丿賴 讴賴 胤乇蹖賯賽 亘爻鬲賳卮 乇丕 丿蹖诏乇 亘賴 蹖丕丿 賳賲蹖鈥屫①堌辟�. 亘乇诏乇丿 賵 丕蹖賳 倬賳噩乇賴 乇丕 亘乇 賴賲 亘讴賵亘!
丌賳丿乇赖责
讴丕卮賮 賴丕 賮氐賱 亘賴 賮氐賱 亘賴 噩夭蹖乇賴鈥屫з� 賲蹖 丌蹖賳丿 賵 丿乇 賴乇 亘丕夭诏卮鬲, 鬲讴賴 丕蹖 丕夭 賲乇丕 亘丕 禺賵丿 亘賴 蹖丕丿诏丕乇 賲蹖鈥屫ㄘ辟嗀�. 賲賳 乇賵蹖 爻丕丨賱 賳卮爻鬲賴 丕賲 賵 丿賵乇 卮丿賳 讴卮鬲蹖鈥屬囏� 乇丕 鬲賲丕卮丕 賲蹖讴賳賲. 賲賳 丕噩丕夭賴鈥屰� 爻賵丕乇 卮丿賳 賳丿丕乇賲. 丕蹖賳噩丕 亘乇 乇賵蹖 賲丕爻賴 賴丕 賳卮爻鬲賴 丕賲 賵 賳丕賲賴鈥屰� 亘蹖鈥屫堌жㄛ� 賲蹖鈥屬嗁堐屫迟� 讴賴 賳禺賵丕賴蹖鈥屫ж� 禺賵丕賳丿.
!丌賳丿乇赖
卮亘 丕爻鬲. 丕蹖賳噩丕 賴賲蹖卮賴 卮亘 丕爻鬲, 丌賳丿乇賴. 丌禺乇蹖賳 乇丿 倬丕賴丕蹖 乇賵蹖 爻丕丨賱 丿乇 丨丕賱 賳丕倬丿蹖丿 卮丿賳 賴爻鬲賳丿. 乇丿 倬丕賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丕夭 夭賳噩蹖乇賴丕蹖 噩夭蹖乇賴 鬲丕 乇賴丕蹖蹖 丿乇 丿賱 丕賯蹖丕賳賵爻 胤賵賮丕賳蹖 丕丿丕賲賴 丿丕乇丿. 乇丿 倬丕賴丕蹖蹖 亘蹖 乇丨賲丕賳賴 讴賴 鬲賵 噩丕 诏匕丕卮鬲蹖.
噩夭蹖乇賴 禺賵丕亘蹖丿賴. 噩夭蹖乇賴 禺賵丿 乇丕 亘賴 禺賵丕亘 夭丿賴責 賲賳 乇賵蹖 賲丕爻賴 賴丕蹖 爻乇丿 丿乇丕夭 賲蹖 讴卮賲. 禺蹖乇賴 亘賴 丿賵乇鬲乇蹖賳 賮丕賳賵爻 丿乇蹖丕蹖蹖. 乇丿 倬丕蹖蹖 賵噩賵丿 賳丿丕乇丿. 噩夭蹖乇賴 爻禺鬲 賳賮爻 賲蹖鈥屭┴簇�. 爻丕蹖賴 丕蹖 卮亘蹖賴 鬲賵 丕夭 倬卮鬲 賮丕賳賵爻 丿乇蹖丕蹖蹖 丿爻鬲 鬲讴丕賳 賲蹖鈥屫囏� 讴賴 "丕夭 丕蹖賳 胤乇賮... 丕夭 丕蹖賳 胤乇賮!". 爻丕蹖賴鈥屫й� 讴賴 鬲賵 賳蹖爻鬲蹖 賲丨賵 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 賵 賲賳 丿乇 賲丕爻賴 賴丕 賮乇賵 賵 賮乇賵鬲乇 賲蹖鈥屫辟堎�.
...丌賳丿乇赖
爻乇丿賲 卮丿賴. 禺賵丕亘賲 诏乇賮鬲賴. 賲蹖 鬲乇爻賲. 賵 夭賲丕賳蹖 亘丕賯蹖 賳賲丕賳丿賴. 亘丕蹖丿 倬賵爻鬲 亘蹖賳丿丕夭賲. 亘丕蹖丿 亘賴 丌亘 亘夭賳賲. 亘賴 丿賱 胤賵賮丕賳. 亘賴 爻賲鬲 賳賵乇蹖 讴賴 鬲賵 賲蹖鈥屫жㄘз嗃�. 夭賳噩蹖乇賴丕蹖 噩夭蹖乇賴 亘賴 丿爻鬲 賵 倬丕蹖賲 诏乇賴 禺賵乇丿賴鈥屫з嗀� 夭禺賲蹖鈥屫з� 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 賵 賲乇丕 亘賴 毓賲賯 丕賯蹖丕賳賵爻 賲蹖 讴卮丕賳賳丿. 丕诏乇 卮亘 鬲賲丕賲 賳卮賵丿責 丕诏乇 賳賮爻蹖 賳賲丕賳賻丿責 亘丕蹖丿 亘賴 賮乇蹖丕丿賴丕蹖 倬卮鬲 爻乇賲 亘蹖 丕毓鬲賳丕 亘丕卮賲. 亘丕蹖丿 倬丕 亘夭賳賲. 亘賴 爻賲鬲 賳賵乇. 亘賴 爻賲鬲 鬲賵. 亘賴 爻賲鬲 賳賵乇蹖 讴賴 鬲賵蹖蹖. 賲蹖鈥屫必迟� 乇賵夭蹖責 鬲賵 賲蹖鈥屫з嗃�. 丌賳鈥屬囏� 讴賴 倬卮鬲 爻乇賳丿, 賳賲蹖鈥屫з嗁嗀�...
July 26, 2019
Nadja.
Nadja is when you love someone you'll never meet.
Nadja is when you lose someone you've never met.
Nadja is to be found wherever you can't see her.
She stands in a street you walk every day without even knowing. She's the sound of the rain pouring down as you sigh for no particular reason and look up at no particular sight, feeling her overwhelming absence. Enjoying her unlikely presence.
She's the first thought of the day, one second before you open your eyes and realise where you are, maybe even whom. She's the last conscious breath before you fall asleep, pondering all the million variables of that thought.
Nadja, Nadja, Nadja.
The one you see as any possible and impossible direction your life could take in the next five minutes.
The one who was there when you didn't know her; the one you know but isn't there anymore.
Nadja makes you wonder whether she exists or not.
She's the things you see and the way you see things.
Nadja. The first half of Hope: Illusion.
Nadja. The second half of Hope: Loss.
Innocent madness.
Mad innocence.
The one you love for the sake of loving. To remind yourself you still want to love.
Desperately hoping for something you don't want to happen.
Nadja, smiling and saying she'll be fine for a couple more minutes. Overjoyed by such an achievement and crying for the foreknowledge of pain.
Nadja takes root in your heart. She's the grain of wheat that doesn't die and produces much fruit all the same.
Nadja.
You start looking for her the very moment you find her.
She's everywhere you want her to be.
She disappears when you need her most.
For you, my Nadja.
Je t'aime.
Nadja is when you love someone you'll never meet.
Nadja is when you lose someone you've never met.
Nadja is to be found wherever you can't see her.
She stands in a street you walk every day without even knowing. She's the sound of the rain pouring down as you sigh for no particular reason and look up at no particular sight, feeling her overwhelming absence. Enjoying her unlikely presence.
She's the first thought of the day, one second before you open your eyes and realise where you are, maybe even whom. She's the last conscious breath before you fall asleep, pondering all the million variables of that thought.
Nadja, Nadja, Nadja.
The one you see as any possible and impossible direction your life could take in the next five minutes.
The one who was there when you didn't know her; the one you know but isn't there anymore.
Nadja makes you wonder whether she exists or not.
She's the things you see and the way you see things.
Nadja. The first half of Hope: Illusion.
Nadja. The second half of Hope: Loss.
Innocent madness.
Mad innocence.
The one you love for the sake of loving. To remind yourself you still want to love.
Desperately hoping for something you don't want to happen.
Nadja, smiling and saying she'll be fine for a couple more minutes. Overjoyed by such an achievement and crying for the foreknowledge of pain.
Nadja takes root in your heart. She's the grain of wheat that doesn't die and produces much fruit all the same.
Nadja.
You start looking for her the very moment you find her.
She's everywhere you want her to be.
She disappears when you need her most.
For you, my Nadja.
Je t'aime.
August 1, 2024
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#賳丕丿蹖丕#丌賳丿乇赖冲亘乇鬲賵賳
#讴丕賵賴_賲蹖乇毓亘丕爻蹖 馃摑讴鬲丕亘 亘丕 噩賲賱賴鈥屰� "讴蹖 賴爻鬲賲責" 卮乇賵毓 賲蹖鈥屫促堌�. 丕蹖賳讴賴 鈥屬嗁堐屫迟嗀� 亘賴 丿賳亘丕賱 讴蹖爻鬲蹖 讴賳賵賳蹖鈥屫ж� 丕爻鬲. 賲蹖鈥屫堌з囏� 亘賴 賯賵賱 禺賵丿卮 鬲丕孬蹖乇诏匕丕乇鬲乇蹖賳 乇賵蹖丿丕丿賴丕蹖 夭賳丿诏蹖鈥屫ж� 乇丕 亘丕夭诏賵 讴賳丿 讴賴 亘乇 倬丕蹖賴鈥屰� 賯囟丕 賵 賯丿乇 亘賵丿賴鈥屫з嗀� 賵 丕夭 禺賵丕爻鬲 賵 丕禺鬲蹖丕乇 丕賵 禺丕乇噩 亘賵丿賳丿. 賳賯胤賴鈥屰� 丌睾丕夭 丨乇讴鬲 丕賵 丕夭 賴鬲賱 丿诏乇丕賳夭賵賲 丿乇 爻丕賱 郾酃郾鄹 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丿乇 丕蹖賳 賲蹖丕賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 鬲賲丕賲 倬乇爻賴鈥屫操嗃屸€屬囏� 賵 诏卮鬲 賵 诏匕丕乇賴丕蹖卮 乇丕 丿乇 卮賴乇 賵 丕賮讴丕乇 賵 賲卮睾賵賱蹖丕鬲 匕賴賳蹖鈥屫ж� 乇丕 亘蹖丕賳 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�.
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#賳丕丿蹖丕#丌賳丿乇赖冲亘乇鬲賵賳
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丿乇 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 亘毓丿丕夭馗賴乇賴丕蹖 亘蹖讴丕乇蹖 賲丨囟 賵 賲賱丕賱 毓賲蹖賯 丿乇 禺蹖丕亘丕賳 賱丕賲丕賳鬲 倬乇爻賴 賲蹖鈥屫操嗀� 賵 亘毓丿 丕夭 鬲賲丕卮丕蹖 賵蹖鬲乇蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘鈥屬佖辟堌篡� 賵 禺乇蹖丿 蹖讴 讴鬲丕亘... 趩卮賲卮 亘賴 夭賳蹖 噩賵丕賳 賲蹖鈥屫з佖� 讴賴 爻乇賵囟毓蹖 賮賯蹖乇丕賳賴 丿丕乇丿...
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May 24, 2012
A lot of writers nowadays would describe their books as 'surreal' when they really mean full of pretentious randomness, but this is the real deal - complete with drawings reproductions and Max Ernst cameos. But beside the surrealism and the exciting format, it's really just Manic Pixie Dream Girl in early 20th century Paris.
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April 4, 2025A Crushingly Sexist Book
I have written on Nadja at some length, from another perspective, on
Here I only want to note an amazing obtuseness. Nadja is part of the history of psychoanalysis because it's part of Breton's reading of Freud. But psychologically it is a horror show. In the book the narrator, Breton, is married; he starts seeing Nadja, and it never occurs to him 鈥� either as a narrator, or as an author who might consider his book's structure and voice 鈥� to say anything about how he feels about his wife, or vice versa. At one point he writes:
"I go out at three with my wife and a friend; in the taxi we continue discussing Nadja, as we have been doing during lunch." (p. 91)
This is the first we've been told the narrator has mentioned Nadja to his wife, and Breton doesn't seem to be aware that readers might expect him to put some inflection on this revelation 鈥� either that it was normal in their marriage, or that they had been arguing. A moment later he spots her:
"I run, completely at random, in one of the three directions she may have taken."
Again, no mention of what his wife thinks of this behavior. And at the bottom of the same page:
"This is the second consecutive day I have met her: it is apparent that she is at my mercy."
No notation about how we're meant to understand that.
When Nadja is committed to an asylum, Breton writes several pages exonerating himself for any responsibility (p. 136), hoping that Nadja doesn't think there's a difference between life outside and inside the asylum, and excoriating the psychiatric community; he then uses that as an excuse for never visiting her!
"My general contempt for psychiatry, its rituals and its works, is reason enough for my not yet having dared investigate what has become of Nadja." (p. 141)
It doesn't seem to occur to him this might seem pusillanimous, or that his intellectual and abstract critique of psychiatry may appear either as heartless, or 鈥� worse, from his point of view 鈥� as a construction that can help release him from his love for her. (After all, if madness and sanity interpenetrate, as he insists, why not continue to love Nadja?)
As a document of Breton's Surrealism, as an experiment with images, an instance of psychoanalysis, dream analysis, clairvoyance and mysticism in Paris in 1928, and as an experiment in writing with images (as I discuss on the other site), Nadja is often fascinating. But as a novel, a memoir, an autofiction, or any sort of reflective narrative, it's appalling. Or at the very least, impenetrably obtuse.
I have written on Nadja at some length, from another perspective, on
Here I only want to note an amazing obtuseness. Nadja is part of the history of psychoanalysis because it's part of Breton's reading of Freud. But psychologically it is a horror show. In the book the narrator, Breton, is married; he starts seeing Nadja, and it never occurs to him 鈥� either as a narrator, or as an author who might consider his book's structure and voice 鈥� to say anything about how he feels about his wife, or vice versa. At one point he writes:
"I go out at three with my wife and a friend; in the taxi we continue discussing Nadja, as we have been doing during lunch." (p. 91)
This is the first we've been told the narrator has mentioned Nadja to his wife, and Breton doesn't seem to be aware that readers might expect him to put some inflection on this revelation 鈥� either that it was normal in their marriage, or that they had been arguing. A moment later he spots her:
"I run, completely at random, in one of the three directions she may have taken."
Again, no mention of what his wife thinks of this behavior. And at the bottom of the same page:
"This is the second consecutive day I have met her: it is apparent that she is at my mercy."
No notation about how we're meant to understand that.
When Nadja is committed to an asylum, Breton writes several pages exonerating himself for any responsibility (p. 136), hoping that Nadja doesn't think there's a difference between life outside and inside the asylum, and excoriating the psychiatric community; he then uses that as an excuse for never visiting her!
"My general contempt for psychiatry, its rituals and its works, is reason enough for my not yet having dared investigate what has become of Nadja." (p. 141)
It doesn't seem to occur to him this might seem pusillanimous, or that his intellectual and abstract critique of psychiatry may appear either as heartless, or 鈥� worse, from his point of view 鈥� as a construction that can help release him from his love for her. (After all, if madness and sanity interpenetrate, as he insists, why not continue to love Nadja?)
As a document of Breton's Surrealism, as an experiment with images, an instance of psychoanalysis, dream analysis, clairvoyance and mysticism in Paris in 1928, and as an experiment in writing with images (as I discuss on the other site), Nadja is often fascinating. But as a novel, a memoir, an autofiction, or any sort of reflective narrative, it's appalling. Or at the very least, impenetrably obtuse.
March 3, 2019
Bu k眉lt eser bu kez 陌smet Birkan'谋n 莽evirisiyle 莽ok yak谋nda...
March 22, 2020
Really going to have this one again, as I simply don't yet know what to make of it. Nadja is certainly a strange, mystifying and unique book, that I suppose typically could only have come out of France. How to classify Nadja? Is it a novel? Or maybe creative non-fiction? In the easiest terms possible Nadja is a kind of love story written with objective Philosophical Prose set around Breton's enchantment with a liminal, odd young woman who seems to him the living embodiment of surrealism. Based on a relationship which inspires the feelings of love and attraction, with journal entries that create a sense of reality as it happens, it's all carried through with a stylistic eloquence and spirit of the Enlightenment as Breton whirls us through, among other things, the squares and boulevards of a Paris that was still, as Nietzsche put it a few decades earlier, the only city in Europe for artists. Off the top of my head, I can't think of anything else to compare it with. There will be those who love it (obviously fans of the Surrealist movement), those who laugh it off as nonsense, and those like me who just can't quite make up their mind yet.
December 8, 2022
亘蹖卮鬲乇 鄢/鄣
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禺亘 亘賳馗乇 賲蹖丕丿 賳賵卮鬲賳 鬲賵蹖 爻亘讴 爻賵乇卅丕賱 乇丕丨鬲 鬲乇蹖賳 讴丕乇賴
賲賳 賮讴乇 賲蹖讴賳賲 讴賴 鬲賳 賮乇賵卮蹖 賴賲 賲孬賱 亘丕夭丕乇蹖丕亘蹖 亘乇丕蹖 賮乇賵卮 賴乇 趩蹖夭 丿蹖诏賴 丕蹖 亘賴 丕爻鬲毓丿丕丿 賵 丕毓鬲賲丕丿 亘賳賮爻 禺丕氐蹖 丕丨鬲蹖丕噩 丿丕乇賴 賵 夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖 氐賵乇鬲 賵 亘丿賳 丕蹖賳 丕爻鬲毓丿丕丿 乇賵 鬲讴賲蹖賱 賲蹖讴賳賴.
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禺亘 亘賳馗乇 賲蹖丕丿 賳賵卮鬲賳 鬲賵蹖 爻亘讴 爻賵乇卅丕賱 乇丕丨鬲 鬲乇蹖賳 讴丕乇賴
May 25, 2024
Wenn Traum und Wirklichkeit sich 眉berschneiden und Gl眉ck andeuten: ein intellektuelles Abenteuer.
Inhalt: 5/5 Sterne (Paris Kulturwildnis)
Form: 4/5 Sterne (sich drehend, explorierende Sprache)
Komposition: 2/5 Sterne (Wortfluss 鈥� ohne Wertung)
Leseerlebnis: 5/5 Sterne (sanftm眉tiges Hoffen auf Mehr)
Der Surrealismus entstand in den 1920ern als intellektualisierte Gegenbewegung zum Dadaismus mit psychoanalytischen Begriffen im Gep盲ck: Der Traum gilt ihm als 茅criture automatique, als Produzent des Wahren, denn der Alltag will gesehen, nicht verschleiert, die Sinne entriegelt, nicht entz眉ckt werden. Aus dem Surrealismus erwuchsen alle m枚glichen Formen von Avantgardismus. Als Hauptwerk neben gilt Andr茅 Bretons: Nadja aus dem Jahr 1928:
Wenn ich [das Wort Ich], kaum mi脽br盲uchlich, in diesem Sinne nehme, gibt es mir zu verstehen, da脽 die objektiven 脛u脽erungen meiner Existenz, die ich n盲mlich f眉r solche halte, mehr oder weniger vors盲tzliche 脛u脽erungen, nur der in die Grenzen dieses Lebens eintretende Teil einer Aktivit盲t sind, deren wirkliches Feld mir ganz und gar unbekannt ist.
In diesem Gef眉hl des Selbst-Beduselt-Seins wabert Bretons Erz盲hl-Ich durch die Stra脽en von Paris, durch die Kunstszene, flaniert 眉ber die Kopfsteinpflaster in Montmartre, beschnuppert die Seine, streift durch die Rive Gauche des Quartier Latin und St. Germain-des-Pr茅s, bis von einen Augenblick auf den anderen, aus dem Nichts, sinnentriegelnd, eine, diese Frau in sein Leben tritt:
Pl枚tzlich, sie ist vielleicht noch zehn Schritte von mir entfernt und kommt in entgegengesetzter Richtung, sehe ich eine junge, sehr 盲rmlich gekleidete Frau, und sie sieht mich ebenfalls oder hat mich gesehen. Im Gegensatz zu allen anderen Passanten geht sie mit erhobenem Kopf. So zart, da脽 sie den Fu脽 kaum aufsetzt. Ein unmerkliches L盲cheln huscht wohl 眉ber ihr Gesicht.
Hier beginnt die Reise des leider sehr kurzen Buches, schwadroniert, ohne zu bramarbasieren, 眉ber die M枚glichkeit von Gl眉ck und Traum, Hoffnung und M枚glichkeiten eines Lebens jenseits von einzw盲ngenden Normen: Nadja als Diminutivum von 鈥歯adjeshda鈥� (Hoffnung), und in der Tat versteht sich der Surrealismus als ein Dar眉berhinaus und zumindest Trost in der Phantasterei, wenn es doch nichts mit Allem und dem Ganzen wird:
Ich werde nicht gegen ihre geheimnisvollsten und h盲rtesten Pausen protestieren. Das hie脽e den Lauf der Welt aufhalten wollen zugunsten ich wei脽 nicht welcher illusorischen Macht, die sie 眉ber die Welt h盲tte. Das hie脽e leugnen, da脽 禄zwar jeder besser sein will und besser zu sein glaubt als die Welt, in der er lebt, da脽 aber derjenige, der besser ist, dieselbe Welt nur besser ausdr眉ckt als andere.芦 (Hegel)
Nadja von Andr茅 Breton liest sich als Januskopf zwischen Theorie und Lyrik, Traum und Roman, zwischen Improvisation, windschiefer Komposition und gegl眉ckter Augenblickshaftigkeit eines Verlangens, durch den Text 眉ber die Worte hinaus in die symbolische Form des Alltags einzugreifen. In 盲u脽erster, n眉chterner Verdichtung, Selbstbeobachtung und Vivisektion, beschreitet das Erz盲hl-Ich sein eigenes Paris, sein Verlangen, seine Angst. Es verarbeitet seine Trauer, dass von Nadja nur ein Moment, ein Abschied, eine M枚glichkeit von Gl眉ck verblieben ist, also ein Gef眉hl wie eine Landschaft, die ihn tr枚stet und erinnert wie ein zeitloser, vor ihn sich ausbreitender, Sprache gewordener Traum.
Tats盲chlich besitzt Nadja keinen wirklichen Plot. Breton bearbeitet das Symbolische als Imagin盲res eines fortgesetzten Versuches, die Sprache 眉ber sich hinauswachsen zu lassen. Als solches gelesen (nicht als Roman) mag es Berge versetzen, die den Blick auf das funkelnd Ozeanische bislang verstellt haben.
Inhalt: 5/5 Sterne (Paris Kulturwildnis)
Form: 4/5 Sterne (sich drehend, explorierende Sprache)
Komposition: 2/5 Sterne (Wortfluss 鈥� ohne Wertung)
Leseerlebnis: 5/5 Sterne (sanftm眉tiges Hoffen auf Mehr)
Der Surrealismus entstand in den 1920ern als intellektualisierte Gegenbewegung zum Dadaismus mit psychoanalytischen Begriffen im Gep盲ck: Der Traum gilt ihm als 茅criture automatique, als Produzent des Wahren, denn der Alltag will gesehen, nicht verschleiert, die Sinne entriegelt, nicht entz眉ckt werden. Aus dem Surrealismus erwuchsen alle m枚glichen Formen von Avantgardismus. Als Hauptwerk neben gilt Andr茅 Bretons: Nadja aus dem Jahr 1928:
Wenn ich [das Wort Ich], kaum mi脽br盲uchlich, in diesem Sinne nehme, gibt es mir zu verstehen, da脽 die objektiven 脛u脽erungen meiner Existenz, die ich n盲mlich f眉r solche halte, mehr oder weniger vors盲tzliche 脛u脽erungen, nur der in die Grenzen dieses Lebens eintretende Teil einer Aktivit盲t sind, deren wirkliches Feld mir ganz und gar unbekannt ist.
In diesem Gef眉hl des Selbst-Beduselt-Seins wabert Bretons Erz盲hl-Ich durch die Stra脽en von Paris, durch die Kunstszene, flaniert 眉ber die Kopfsteinpflaster in Montmartre, beschnuppert die Seine, streift durch die Rive Gauche des Quartier Latin und St. Germain-des-Pr茅s, bis von einen Augenblick auf den anderen, aus dem Nichts, sinnentriegelnd, eine, diese Frau in sein Leben tritt:
Pl枚tzlich, sie ist vielleicht noch zehn Schritte von mir entfernt und kommt in entgegengesetzter Richtung, sehe ich eine junge, sehr 盲rmlich gekleidete Frau, und sie sieht mich ebenfalls oder hat mich gesehen. Im Gegensatz zu allen anderen Passanten geht sie mit erhobenem Kopf. So zart, da脽 sie den Fu脽 kaum aufsetzt. Ein unmerkliches L盲cheln huscht wohl 眉ber ihr Gesicht.
Hier beginnt die Reise des leider sehr kurzen Buches, schwadroniert, ohne zu bramarbasieren, 眉ber die M枚glichkeit von Gl眉ck und Traum, Hoffnung und M枚glichkeiten eines Lebens jenseits von einzw盲ngenden Normen: Nadja als Diminutivum von 鈥歯adjeshda鈥� (Hoffnung), und in der Tat versteht sich der Surrealismus als ein Dar眉berhinaus und zumindest Trost in der Phantasterei, wenn es doch nichts mit Allem und dem Ganzen wird:
Ich werde nicht gegen ihre geheimnisvollsten und h盲rtesten Pausen protestieren. Das hie脽e den Lauf der Welt aufhalten wollen zugunsten ich wei脽 nicht welcher illusorischen Macht, die sie 眉ber die Welt h盲tte. Das hie脽e leugnen, da脽 禄zwar jeder besser sein will und besser zu sein glaubt als die Welt, in der er lebt, da脽 aber derjenige, der besser ist, dieselbe Welt nur besser ausdr眉ckt als andere.芦 (Hegel)
Nadja von Andr茅 Breton liest sich als Januskopf zwischen Theorie und Lyrik, Traum und Roman, zwischen Improvisation, windschiefer Komposition und gegl眉ckter Augenblickshaftigkeit eines Verlangens, durch den Text 眉ber die Worte hinaus in die symbolische Form des Alltags einzugreifen. In 盲u脽erster, n眉chterner Verdichtung, Selbstbeobachtung und Vivisektion, beschreitet das Erz盲hl-Ich sein eigenes Paris, sein Verlangen, seine Angst. Es verarbeitet seine Trauer, dass von Nadja nur ein Moment, ein Abschied, eine M枚glichkeit von Gl眉ck verblieben ist, also ein Gef眉hl wie eine Landschaft, die ihn tr枚stet und erinnert wie ein zeitloser, vor ihn sich ausbreitender, Sprache gewordener Traum.
Tats盲chlich besitzt Nadja keinen wirklichen Plot. Breton bearbeitet das Symbolische als Imagin盲res eines fortgesetzten Versuches, die Sprache 眉ber sich hinauswachsen zu lassen. Als solches gelesen (nicht als Roman) mag es Berge versetzen, die den Blick auf das funkelnd Ozeanische bislang verstellt haben.
February 11, 2023
the most manic of pixie girls <3
(i will post a full and detailed review very soon on my lovely instagram account, i still need a bit of time to gather my thoughts and put those last two braincells to work @ofbooksandart )
(i will post a full and detailed review very soon on my lovely instagram account, i still need a bit of time to gather my thoughts and put those last two braincells to work @ofbooksandart )
August 12, 2015
趩賳丿鬲丕 趩蹖夭!
蹖讴蹖 丕蹖賳 讴賴 賵丕賯毓丕 亘毓囟蹖 噩丕賴丕 禺賱 賲蹖卮丿賲 丕賳賯丿乇 讴賴 亘丕賵乇賳讴乇丿賳蹖 亘賵丿 亘乇丕賲 讴賴 亘毓囟蹖 丕夭 丕蹖賳 丕鬲賮丕賯丕 賵丕賯毓丕 丕鬲賮丕賯 丕賮鬲丕丿賳! 鬲賵 賴賲蹖賳 丿賳蹖丕蹖 禺賵丿賲賵賳!!禺蹖賱蹖 毓丕賱蹖 亘賵丿.
亘毓丿 賴賲 丕蹖賳 讴賴 讴鬲丕亘 亘毓囟蹖 噩丕賴丕 賲孬賱 讴鬲丕亘鈥屬囏й� 賲毓賲丕蹖蹖 賲蹖卮丿 亘乇丕賲! 賴賲賴鈥屰� 趩蹖夭丕
賴賲鈥屫屭� 乇賵 鬲讴賲蹖賱 賲蹖鈥屭┴必� 賵 丿乇賳賴丕蹖鬲 賴賲 毓亘丕爻 倬跇賲丕賳 賲蹖诏賮鬲: 丿乇 倬丕蹖丕賳 賮氐賱 丿賵賲 賲卮禺氐 禺賵丕賴丿 卮丿!
亘毓丿 賴賲 丕蹖賳 讴賴 噩賵乇蹖 讴賴 乇丕噩毓 亘賴 芦夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖禄 丨乇賮 夭丿賴 亘賵丿 丌禺乇 讴鬲丕亘貙鈥屬堌з傌关� 賲丨卮乇 亘賵丿! 賲丨卮乇!
禺蹖賱蹖 禺賵亘 亘賵丿 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘.. 賵 丕氐賱丕 趩丕倬 丕賮賯鈥屫� 乇賵 賳禺賵賳蹖丿! 賲賳 丕賵賳 乇賵 丿丕卮鬲賲 賵 乇賮鬲賲 賲丕賱 賴乇賲爻 乇賵 禺乇蹖丿賲! 亘丿賵賳 鬲賵囟蹖丨丕鬲 賲鬲乇噩賲貙 賲噩亘賵乇 賲蹖卮蹖丿 亘乇蹖丿 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 亘乇鬲賵賳 賵 賴賳乇賲賳丿丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賴鈥屫促堎� 賵 賲丕賳蹖賮爻鬲 爻賵乇乇卅丕賱 賴丕 賵 賮賱爻賮賴 賴诏賱 賵 讴賱蹖 趩蹖夭 丿蹖诏賴 亘禺賵賳蹖丿 鬲丕 亘賮賴賲蹖丿 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘賵!賵丕賯毓丕 禺蹖賱蹖 賱丕夭賲 賵 禺賵亘鈥屬� 鬲賵囟蹖丨丕鬲 賲鬲乇噩賲!
禺賱丕氐賴鈥屭┵� 芦丕蹖鬲鈥� 賵丕夭丕賲蹖夭蹖賳诏!禄 賵 蹖讴鈥屫ㄘж� 賴賲 丿乇 爻蹖 賵 趩賳丿 爻丕賱诏蹖 禺賵丕賴賲 禺賵丕賳丿卮 - 丕诏乇 夭賳丿賴 亘丕卮賲- 賵 賯亘賱 丕夭 丕賵賳 丨鬲賲丕 禺賵丿賲 丕蹖賳 趩蹖夭賴丕 讴賴 诏賮鬲賲 乇賵 蹖賴 讴賲 禺賵丕賴賲 禺賵賳丿!
蹖讴蹖 丕蹖賳 讴賴 賵丕賯毓丕 亘毓囟蹖 噩丕賴丕 禺賱 賲蹖卮丿賲 丕賳賯丿乇 讴賴 亘丕賵乇賳讴乇丿賳蹖 亘賵丿 亘乇丕賲 讴賴 亘毓囟蹖 丕夭 丕蹖賳 丕鬲賮丕賯丕 賵丕賯毓丕 丕鬲賮丕賯 丕賮鬲丕丿賳! 鬲賵 賴賲蹖賳 丿賳蹖丕蹖 禺賵丿賲賵賳!!禺蹖賱蹖 毓丕賱蹖 亘賵丿.
亘毓丿 賴賲 丕蹖賳 讴賴 讴鬲丕亘 亘毓囟蹖 噩丕賴丕 賲孬賱 讴鬲丕亘鈥屬囏й� 賲毓賲丕蹖蹖 賲蹖卮丿 亘乇丕賲! 賴賲賴鈥屰� 趩蹖夭丕
賴賲鈥屫屭� 乇賵 鬲讴賲蹖賱 賲蹖鈥屭┴必� 賵 丿乇賳賴丕蹖鬲 賴賲 毓亘丕爻 倬跇賲丕賳 賲蹖诏賮鬲: 丿乇 倬丕蹖丕賳 賮氐賱 丿賵賲 賲卮禺氐 禺賵丕賴丿 卮丿!
亘毓丿 賴賲 丕蹖賳 讴賴 噩賵乇蹖 讴賴 乇丕噩毓 亘賴 芦夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖禄 丨乇賮 夭丿賴 亘賵丿 丌禺乇 讴鬲丕亘貙鈥屬堌з傌关� 賲丨卮乇 亘賵丿! 賲丨卮乇!
禺蹖賱蹖 禺賵亘 亘賵丿 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘.. 賵 丕氐賱丕 趩丕倬 丕賮賯鈥屫� 乇賵 賳禺賵賳蹖丿! 賲賳 丕賵賳 乇賵 丿丕卮鬲賲 賵 乇賮鬲賲 賲丕賱 賴乇賲爻 乇賵 禺乇蹖丿賲! 亘丿賵賳 鬲賵囟蹖丨丕鬲 賲鬲乇噩賲貙 賲噩亘賵乇 賲蹖卮蹖丿 亘乇蹖丿 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 亘乇鬲賵賳 賵 賴賳乇賲賳丿丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賴鈥屫促堎� 賵 賲丕賳蹖賮爻鬲 爻賵乇乇卅丕賱 賴丕 賵 賮賱爻賮賴 賴诏賱 賵 讴賱蹖 趩蹖夭 丿蹖诏賴 亘禺賵賳蹖丿 鬲丕 亘賮賴賲蹖丿 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘賵!賵丕賯毓丕 禺蹖賱蹖 賱丕夭賲 賵 禺賵亘鈥屬� 鬲賵囟蹖丨丕鬲 賲鬲乇噩賲!
禺賱丕氐賴鈥屭┵� 芦丕蹖鬲鈥� 賵丕夭丕賲蹖夭蹖賳诏!禄 賵 蹖讴鈥屫ㄘж� 賴賲 丿乇 爻蹖 賵 趩賳丿 爻丕賱诏蹖 禺賵丕賴賲 禺賵丕賳丿卮 - 丕诏乇 夭賳丿賴 亘丕卮賲- 賵 賯亘賱 丕夭 丕賵賳 丨鬲賲丕 禺賵丿賲 丕蹖賳 趩蹖夭賴丕 讴賴 诏賮鬲賲 乇賵 蹖賴 讴賲 禺賵丕賴賲 禺賵賳丿!
April 20, 2012
Finally got around to reading this cornerstone of surrealist lit, somewhat underwhelmed. Nadja's meaning for Breton is a little obscure but it seems to be embodied in sentiments like this:
This is great. The actual trajectory of Breton's relationship with Nadja, however, is somewhat less exciting. I like the endless wandering of the streets of Paris, less so Breton's self-importance, both in introducing all his notable friends earlier in the book, and in his dealings with (and musings about) Nadja later. Honestly, I'd rather hear Nadja's own account of Breton, and more importantly, of her inner life, rather than Breton's impressions of it.
Incidentally, Leona Camille Ghislain D. (yes, she was real, though this was apparently hotly debated at some point) does get an entry in , but only to quote this book. Any other record of her thoughts (or of the apparent 20-or-so letters she wrote to Breton) are sadly yet unpublished.
Perhaps life needs to be deciphered like a cryptogram. Secret staircases, frames from which the paintings quickly slip aside and vanish (giving way to an archangel bearing a sword or to those who forever advance), buttons which must be indirectly pressed to make an entire room move sideways or vertically, or immediately change all its furnishings; we may imagine the mind's greatest adventure as journey of this sort to the paradise of pitfalls.
This is great. The actual trajectory of Breton's relationship with Nadja, however, is somewhat less exciting. I like the endless wandering of the streets of Paris, less so Breton's self-importance, both in introducing all his notable friends earlier in the book, and in his dealings with (and musings about) Nadja later. Honestly, I'd rather hear Nadja's own account of Breton, and more importantly, of her inner life, rather than Breton's impressions of it.
Incidentally, Leona Camille Ghislain D. (yes, she was real, though this was apparently hotly debated at some point) does get an entry in , but only to quote this book. Any other record of her thoughts (or of the apparent 20-or-so letters she wrote to Breton) are sadly yet unpublished.
May 29, 2017
Short review: Male wank fantasy about submissive woman couched in pretentious language.
Slightly less short review: This book fell completely flat and achieved nothing near my expectations for it. Breton spends the whole time wildly swinging from convoluted musings with no clear conclusions, to obsessively talking about Nadja worshipping him, or alternatively being annoyed by her behaviour or feeling uncomfortable to realise he isn't actually the centre of her world: 'I was also increasingly alarmed to find that, when even I left her, she was sucked back into the whirlwind of ordinary life continuing around her and eager to force her, among other concessions, to eat, to sleep.'
Some of Breton's musings were actually quite interesting, and the references to places and their history was interesting as well, but the constant inflated self-importance Breton displays just makes the book completely uninteresting. The way he sees Nadja (whether she's meant to be interpreted as real or not is beside the point) is pretty much the epitome of a male wank fantasy about worshipful submissive women, and I'm not interested in staying in a mind like that for very long.
Slightly less short review: This book fell completely flat and achieved nothing near my expectations for it. Breton spends the whole time wildly swinging from convoluted musings with no clear conclusions, to obsessively talking about Nadja worshipping him, or alternatively being annoyed by her behaviour or feeling uncomfortable to realise he isn't actually the centre of her world: 'I was also increasingly alarmed to find that, when even I left her, she was sucked back into the whirlwind of ordinary life continuing around her and eager to force her, among other concessions, to eat, to sleep.'
Some of Breton's musings were actually quite interesting, and the references to places and their history was interesting as well, but the constant inflated self-importance Breton displays just makes the book completely uninteresting. The way he sees Nadja (whether she's meant to be interpreted as real or not is beside the point) is pretty much the epitome of a male wank fantasy about worshipful submissive women, and I'm not interested in staying in a mind like that for very long.
November 24, 2018
Beauty will be CONVULSIVE or will not be at all.
I found this artful. It worked on a cloudy Friday, a holiday from work. Shorn of ambition and venturing out for a pint (or two) of Czech pilsner. A man of letters encounters a beguiling woman. Something like synchronicity develops, though with blurred edges that suggest a chemical imbalance.
This brief novel reaches out to other works, other authors. There are plenty of photographs and drawings from the mysterious Nadja. The capricious perforations denote the surrealist logic. Nadja is a lodestar in milieu where the masses froth and scream for prophets and assassins.
I found this artful. It worked on a cloudy Friday, a holiday from work. Shorn of ambition and venturing out for a pint (or two) of Czech pilsner. A man of letters encounters a beguiling woman. Something like synchronicity develops, though with blurred edges that suggest a chemical imbalance.
This brief novel reaches out to other works, other authors. There are plenty of photographs and drawings from the mysterious Nadja. The capricious perforations denote the surrealist logic. Nadja is a lodestar in milieu where the masses froth and scream for prophets and assassins.
August 31, 2020
"Sen ki sevgi 眉st眉ne, biricik sevgi 眉st眉ne, o sa莽ma ve geri al谋namaz '枚yle ki ancak her imtihana dayanabilecekse var olabilir' c眉mlesini yazd谋臒谋ma beni o kadar pi艧man ediyorsun..."
December 18, 2017
Andre Breton incorporates some of my favorite things into a love story: fortune tellers, random footnotes, prison abolition, psychologically questionable doodles, and interesting nicknames.
December 20, 2011
Breton鈥檚 鈥楴adja鈥� reads like a blog. Of course in 1928 blogs didn鈥檛 exist, so this rather thin tome which unfolds like a collage of mixed media must have erupted on the scene as avant garde vogue. Of surrealism, naturalmente.
Andre Breton, writing as Andre Breton, spends the first half of the novel meandering through the streets of Paris, posting photos of his favourite haunts, and namedropping par excellence. Of course, if this is read like a blog, then there no harm in the fact that his famous cronies are named, listed and blown up in width="40" height="100". There is also a soupcon of random musings on theatre, art and literature. Engaging, but nothing that will set the world on fire.
Then onto the scene charges Nadja. Here, great speculation arises in the literary world: is she a real person, is she a manifestation of Breton鈥檚 persona, perhaps she is not so much a person as a 鈥榮tate of mind鈥�.
Can you say 鈥楨mperors new clothes鈥�? The ruminations above are necessary to justify the mundane story of a married middle aged man embarking in an adulterous affair with a vulnerable younger woman who happens to be enthralled by his intellect and success as an author.
Now, as we are talking the French here, of course there are going to be some lavisious twists: after all is this not the language that gave us 鈥榤enage a trois鈥�? At one point Breton discloses that he has spent a whole afternoon talking to his wife about Nadja and further on, just before Nadja is committed to an insane asylum, she phones Breton鈥檚 wife and tells her that she is her only friend in the world. Civilized, eh?
Now, a great portion of Breton鈥檚 and Nadja鈥檚 encounters are spent talking, painting and walking about (with illustrations to back it all up). When I say talking, however, one mustn鈥檛 understand this to be a conversation of equals whereby two towering intellects are rationalised through a rhetoric of spiritual transcendence: oh no. Nadja鈥檚 most common contributions are 鈥榦verdetailed accounts of scenes of her past life鈥� . As these details mount up, Breton appears to become more and more disenchanted with his 鈥榤use鈥�, as if thought the brushstroke of quotidian events conveys a sense of ordinariness upon Nadja which he cannot tolerate.
What, then, is Nadja鈥檚 staying power? Breton states 鈥� As for her, I know in every sense of the word, she takes me for a god, She thinks of me as the Sun.鈥� Nadja also happens to read his Manifesto and other writings in awe. Surrealism or not, at the end of the day its Breton basking in his own glory as reflected in the eyes of his naive young lover, who probably doesn鈥檛 know any better than to idolise without understanding (hence the motif of mysterious, inexplicable artistic creation). Case closed.
Andre Breton, writing as Andre Breton, spends the first half of the novel meandering through the streets of Paris, posting photos of his favourite haunts, and namedropping par excellence. Of course, if this is read like a blog, then there no harm in the fact that his famous cronies are named, listed and blown up in width="40" height="100". There is also a soupcon of random musings on theatre, art and literature. Engaging, but nothing that will set the world on fire.
Then onto the scene charges Nadja. Here, great speculation arises in the literary world: is she a real person, is she a manifestation of Breton鈥檚 persona, perhaps she is not so much a person as a 鈥榮tate of mind鈥�.
Can you say 鈥楨mperors new clothes鈥�? The ruminations above are necessary to justify the mundane story of a married middle aged man embarking in an adulterous affair with a vulnerable younger woman who happens to be enthralled by his intellect and success as an author.
Now, as we are talking the French here, of course there are going to be some lavisious twists: after all is this not the language that gave us 鈥榤enage a trois鈥�? At one point Breton discloses that he has spent a whole afternoon talking to his wife about Nadja and further on, just before Nadja is committed to an insane asylum, she phones Breton鈥檚 wife and tells her that she is her only friend in the world. Civilized, eh?
Now, a great portion of Breton鈥檚 and Nadja鈥檚 encounters are spent talking, painting and walking about (with illustrations to back it all up). When I say talking, however, one mustn鈥檛 understand this to be a conversation of equals whereby two towering intellects are rationalised through a rhetoric of spiritual transcendence: oh no. Nadja鈥檚 most common contributions are 鈥榦verdetailed accounts of scenes of her past life鈥� . As these details mount up, Breton appears to become more and more disenchanted with his 鈥榤use鈥�, as if thought the brushstroke of quotidian events conveys a sense of ordinariness upon Nadja which he cannot tolerate.
What, then, is Nadja鈥檚 staying power? Breton states 鈥� As for her, I know in every sense of the word, she takes me for a god, She thinks of me as the Sun.鈥� Nadja also happens to read his Manifesto and other writings in awe. Surrealism or not, at the end of the day its Breton basking in his own glory as reflected in the eyes of his naive young lover, who probably doesn鈥檛 know any better than to idolise without understanding (hence the motif of mysterious, inexplicable artistic creation). Case closed.
September 20, 2016
賲賳 丕夭 禺賵賳丿賳 賰鬲丕亘 賳丕丿賷丕 賱匕鬲 賳亘乇丿賲 (亘賴 噩夭 趩賳丿 禺胤卮 賲孬賱丕) 賵賱賶 賲鬲賵噩賴賲 賰賴 丕孬乇 賲賴賲賷賴 賵 乇丕賴 乇賵 賲孬賱丕 亘乇丕賶 丌孬丕乇 丿賷诏賴 亘丕夭 賰乇丿賴. 賮囟賱 鬲賯丿賲 丿丕乇賴 賵 丕賷賳賴丕貙 賰丕乇賶 賳丿丕乇賲. 丕賲丕 賲胤賲卅賳 賳賷爻鬲賲 噩夭 丕賷賳 趩賷夭 丿賷诏乇賶 丿乇 趩賳鬲賴 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賴. 亘賴 賳馗乇賲 賰賱 賰鬲丕亘 賷賴 亘乇賴丕賳賴貙 賵 丿乇 丿賮丕毓 丕夭 乇賵賷賰乇丿卮 賵 賳诏丕賴卮 亘賴 丕丿亘賷丕鬲 賳賵卮鬲賴 卮丿賴. 賮賰乇 賳賲賶 賰賳賲 賵丕賯毓丕 賷賰 乇賲丕賳 賲爻鬲賯賱 賵 賲噩夭丕 亘丕卮賴. 丕賵賱 賰鬲丕亘 賲賷丕丿 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 卮賷賵賴 卮 丨乇賮 賲賶 夭賳賴. 賲賶 诏賴 賲賳 丕賵賱 丕鬲賮丕賯丕鬲 賲賴賲 夭賳丿诏賶 賲賵 賲賶 诏賲 賰賴 禺賵亘 賲鬲賵噩賴 趩賷夭丕賷賶 賰賴 鬲毓乇賷賮 賲賶 賰賳賲 亘卮賷丿. 賵 趩賴 丕毓鬲賯丕丿 爻賮鬲賶 賴賲 丿丕乇賴 亘賴 丕賷賳賰賴 丿賵賳爻鬲賳 丕夭 夭賳丿诏賶 賳賵賷爻賳丿賴 丿乇賰 丕夭 丕孬乇卮賵 毓賲賷賯鬲乇 賵 亘賴鬲乇 賲賶 賰賳賴. 丕賱亘鬲賴 賲賵賯毓賶 賰賴 亘乇鬲賵賳 丕賷賳賵 賲賶 賳賵卮鬲賴 賴賳賵夭 賲乇诏 賲賵賱賮 賲胤乇丨 賳亘賵丿賴 賵賱賶 丿賷诏賴 丕賷賳 鬲丕賰賷丿賶 丕賲 賰賴 丕賷賳 亘夭乇诏賵丕乇 賲賶 賰賳賴 丕丿亘賷丕鬲賵 鬲亘丿賷賱 亘賴 毓乇氐賴 禺丕賱賴 亘丕夭賶 賵 丿賵乇賴賲賶 賲賶 賰賳賴. 賷賰 噩丕賶 丿賷诏賴 賲賶 诏賴 賲賳 賲賶 禺賵丕賲 丕孬乇賲 囟丿 丕丿亘賶 亘丕卮賴 賵 賲孬賱丕 亘丕 丕賷賳 鬲丕賰賷丿卮 賲賶 禺賵丕丿 丕賵賳 丨賯賷賯鬲賶 賰賴 亘丕 賵噩賵丿 丕賷賳 囟丿 丕丿亘賷丕鬲 亘賵丿賳 禺賵丿卮賵 亘乇賵夭 賲賶 丿賴 乇賵 倬乇乇賳诏鬲乇 賰賳賴. 亘毓丿 乇丕賴賴丕賷賶 賰賴 亘乇丕賶 囟丿 丕亘賷丕鬲 賰乇丿賳 丕爻鬲賮丕丿賴 賲賶 賰賳賴 賷賰賶 禺賵丿丿丕乇賶 丕夭 鬲賵氐賷賮 賰乇丿賳賴貙 賵 亘賴 噩丕卮 毓賰爻 賲賶 匕丕乇賴貙 賵 丿賵賲 丕爻鬲賮丕丿賴 丕夭 夭亘丕賳 賵 丕丿亘賷丕鬲 睾賷乇 丕丿亘賶 賵 賲卮丕亘賴 亘賴 诏夭丕乇卮 賴丕賶 倬夭卮賰賷賴. 丕賷賳 亘乇丕賶 賲賳 禺賷賱賶 丿賱爻乇丿賰賳賳丿賴 爻鬲. 丨爻 賲賶 賰賳賲 噩賳亘卮賶 賰賴 賲賶 禺賵丕丿 乇丕賴 亘賳丿丕夭賴 賷賴 趩賷夭 爻胤丨賷賴 賰賴 诏賳丿賴 卮 賰乇丿賴 賳丿. 亘賴 趩賴 丕毓鬲亘丕乇賶 卮亘丕賴鬲 亘賴 诏夭丕乇卮 賴丕賶 倬夭卮賰賶 賷賴 丕孬乇賵 丕夭 丕丿亘賷丕鬲 亘賵丿賳 丿乇賲賷丕乇賴 賷丕 賲孬賱丕 趩賴 賮乇賯賶 丿丕乇賴 鬲賵氐賷賮 賰賳賶 賷丕 毓賰爻 亘匕丕乇賶. 賰賶 亘賴 鬲毓乇賷賮 丕丿亘賷丕鬲 賵 丕丿亘賶 乇爻賷丿賶 賰賴 丨丕賱丕 囟丿卮 乇賵 亘丕 丕賷賳 丕亘鬲匕丕賱 賲胤乇丨 賲賶 賰賳賶. 賲賳 亘賷卮 丕夭 賴乇趩賷夭賶 賲賷賱 亘賴 鬲賲丕賷夭賵 鬲賵卮 賲賶 鬲賵賳賲 鬲卮禺賷氐 亘丿賲貙 賳賴 賷賴 趩賷夭賶 賰賴 亘鬲賵賳賴 丕賳賯賱丕亘 丕丿亘賶 亘丕卮賴.
賵 賳賴丕賷鬲丕 賴賲 亘賴 丕賷賳 卮賷賵賴 賴丕賶 禺賵丿卮 倬丕賷亘賳丿 賳賲賶 賲賵賳賴 賵 賷賰 噩丕賴丕賶 賰鬲丕亘卮 (賰賴 丕鬲賮丕賯丕 賮乇丕夭賴丕賶 亘丿賶 賴賲 賳賷爻鬲) 賲賷賮鬲賴 鬲賵 丕賳卮丕 賳賵卮鬲賳. 賳丕丿賷丕 賰鬲丕亘賷賴 賰賴 倬乇 丕夭 禺丕胤乇賴 賵 賲賵賳賵賱賵诏賴貙 丕賷賳噩賵乇 趩賷夭丕 賴賲 亘賷卮鬲乇 亘乇丕賶 禺賵丿 丕賵賳 賮乇丿 噩丕賱亘 丕賳丿 賵 亘乇丕賶 亘賯賷賴 丕賵賳賯丿 噩丕賱亘 賳賷爻鬲賳 (賲胤賲卅賳丕 亘乇鬲賵賳 禺賵丿卮賷賮鬲賴 亘賵丿賴 趩賵賳 賵賯鬲賶 丕夭 禺賵丿卮 丨乇賮 賲賶 夭賳賴 賰丕賲賱丕 丕夭 丿爻鬲卮 丿乇 賲賶 乇賴 賵 賳賲賶 鬲賵賳賴 亘乇丌賵乇丿 丿乇爻鬲賶 丕夭 丕賴賲賷鬲 賵丕賯毓賶 趩賷夭丕賷賶 賰賴 賲賶 诏賴 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賴). 丕夭 噩丕賷賶 賰賴 賳丕丿賷丕 賵丕乇丿 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賲賶 卮賴 賴賲 賮乇賯 趩賳丿丕賳賶 賳賲賶 賰賳賴 賵 賰賲賶 卮丕毓乇丕賳诏賶 丕囟丕賮賴 賲賶 卮賴 亘賴卮. 賲孬賱丕 賲賶 诏賴 賳丕丿賷丕 賷賴 噩賵乇賶 亘乇鬲賵賳 乇賵 氐丿丕 賲賶 賰賳賴 丕賳诏丕乇 鬲賵 丕鬲丕賯丕賶 禺丕賱賶 賷賴 賯氐乇 丿丕乇賴 丿賳亘丕賱卮 賲賶 诏乇丿賴. 賴乇 丕夭 诏丕賴賶 賴賲 賷賰 爻乇賶 丨賰賲鬲 賲賶 诏賴. 賲噩賲賵毓 丕賷賳 毓賵丕賲賱 賳丕丿賷丕乇賵 鬲亘丿賷賱 亘賴 賰鬲丕亘賶 賲賱丕賱 丌賵乇 賰乇丿賴 賰賴 亘賴 爻禺鬲賶 賲賶 卮賴 丕夭卮 賱匕鬲 亘乇丿.
賵賱賶 丕诏賴 賲賶 禺賵丕賷丿 亘禺賵賳賷丿貙 鬲乇噩賲賴 賰丕賵賴 賲賷乇毓亘丕爻賶 鬲乇噩賲賴 禺賷賱賶 禺賵亘賷賴. 賲賳 亘賴 賮乇丕賳爻賴 禺賵賳丿賲 賵賱賷 丕賷賳 鬲乇噩賲賴 乇賵 賰賳丕乇 丿爻鬲賲 丿丕卮鬲賲 賵 亘賴卮 乇噩賵毓 賲賶 賰乇丿賲. 禺賷賱賶 禺賵亘 丿乇丕賵乇丿賴.
賵 賳賴丕賷鬲丕 賴賲 亘賴 丕賷賳 卮賷賵賴 賴丕賶 禺賵丿卮 倬丕賷亘賳丿 賳賲賶 賲賵賳賴 賵 賷賰 噩丕賴丕賶 賰鬲丕亘卮 (賰賴 丕鬲賮丕賯丕 賮乇丕夭賴丕賶 亘丿賶 賴賲 賳賷爻鬲) 賲賷賮鬲賴 鬲賵 丕賳卮丕 賳賵卮鬲賳. 賳丕丿賷丕 賰鬲丕亘賷賴 賰賴 倬乇 丕夭 禺丕胤乇賴 賵 賲賵賳賵賱賵诏賴貙 丕賷賳噩賵乇 趩賷夭丕 賴賲 亘賷卮鬲乇 亘乇丕賶 禺賵丿 丕賵賳 賮乇丿 噩丕賱亘 丕賳丿 賵 亘乇丕賶 亘賯賷賴 丕賵賳賯丿 噩丕賱亘 賳賷爻鬲賳 (賲胤賲卅賳丕 亘乇鬲賵賳 禺賵丿卮賷賮鬲賴 亘賵丿賴 趩賵賳 賵賯鬲賶 丕夭 禺賵丿卮 丨乇賮 賲賶 夭賳賴 賰丕賲賱丕 丕夭 丿爻鬲卮 丿乇 賲賶 乇賴 賵 賳賲賶 鬲賵賳賴 亘乇丌賵乇丿 丿乇爻鬲賶 丕夭 丕賴賲賷鬲 賵丕賯毓賶 趩賷夭丕賷賶 賰賴 賲賶 诏賴 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賴). 丕夭 噩丕賷賶 賰賴 賳丕丿賷丕 賵丕乇丿 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賲賶 卮賴 賴賲 賮乇賯 趩賳丿丕賳賶 賳賲賶 賰賳賴 賵 賰賲賶 卮丕毓乇丕賳诏賶 丕囟丕賮賴 賲賶 卮賴 亘賴卮. 賲孬賱丕 賲賶 诏賴 賳丕丿賷丕 賷賴 噩賵乇賶 亘乇鬲賵賳 乇賵 氐丿丕 賲賶 賰賳賴 丕賳诏丕乇 鬲賵 丕鬲丕賯丕賶 禺丕賱賶 賷賴 賯氐乇 丿丕乇賴 丿賳亘丕賱卮 賲賶 诏乇丿賴. 賴乇 丕夭 诏丕賴賶 賴賲 賷賰 爻乇賶 丨賰賲鬲 賲賶 诏賴. 賲噩賲賵毓 丕賷賳 毓賵丕賲賱 賳丕丿賷丕乇賵 鬲亘丿賷賱 亘賴 賰鬲丕亘賶 賲賱丕賱 丌賵乇 賰乇丿賴 賰賴 亘賴 爻禺鬲賶 賲賶 卮賴 丕夭卮 賱匕鬲 亘乇丿.
賵賱賶 丕诏賴 賲賶 禺賵丕賷丿 亘禺賵賳賷丿貙 鬲乇噩賲賴 賰丕賵賴 賲賷乇毓亘丕爻賶 鬲乇噩賲賴 禺賷賱賶 禺賵亘賷賴. 賲賳 亘賴 賮乇丕賳爻賴 禺賵賳丿賲 賵賱賷 丕賷賳 鬲乇噩賲賴 乇賵 賰賳丕乇 丿爻鬲賲 丿丕卮鬲賲 賵 亘賴卮 乇噩賵毓 賲賶 賰乇丿賲. 禺賷賱賶 禺賵亘 丿乇丕賵乇丿賴.
December 15, 2020
This is a book that balances in-between fiction and non-fiction. A meditation on, among other things, Nadja - mysterious, unpredictable, unstable - an obsession he meets on the street. An unusual, Surrealist romance/person-observed follows.
There are many illustrations (44) in this book: photos, drawings, etc. No picture of Nadja here, but the text claims she was beautiful enough to make heads turn and have regular men in her life. This is the 1928 original, without the changes of 1963 reissue. The book was received well, but sales were slow at first.
She was a real person, and Nadja was her chosen-name. Financially insecure, about 24 when she met Breton. He was married and having another affair (his wife was *very* tolerant), so Nadja was not the object of his love/lust, more like an interest, a nearly-friend he had for a short while before her mental health fell off the edge (she spent the rest of her life in sanitariums, dying in 1941, never seeing the book written about her). The book does slightly reveal his guilt afterwards, and his thoughts on why he disliked sanitariums are included - they make things worse and restrict freedom.
The story starts in a way that it takes time for it to arrange itself and start the story finally (around the text near the third picture), but it's fun to read, like a little wild bar piano. The end is likewise a bit bouncy, but in a shorter way. Breton's opinions on certain authors, theatre and art appear, we also learn what kind of art he had at his home. The cultural world in Paris that was around him, in fact the whole Paris, comes near to you.
- I miss being in Paris sometimes, I do feel I need to go there again at some point....
- Both Breton and Nadja don't seem to like stable work much; certain levels of creativity are in both of them, and both sound like people who need to create and move around - walk around in the streets (of Paris) - to feel like themselves. He gives her some books to read. She draws him strange objects and creatures, some of the drawings appear here.
Her talks seems interesting at first, but I think the reader migth realise sooner than Breton that something isn't right in her mind. Breton does eventually start to feel exasperated with her, and starts avoiding her. At first he dates the days he saw her, but that ends soon. Before disappearing from sight, her comments on the art and objects at Breton's house are particularly striking (and scare Breton a bit).
And he doesn't really talk about how things end, though his guilt shines through, and his worry on how they'll treat her in the sanitariums from then on. Breton's post-Nadja love affair fuels his writings towards the end, but Nadja isn't far from his mind, though vanishing into a ghost-figure in the background. Is he different from what he was before he met her? Whatever: Nadja got her immortality through this book, whatever Breton's opinions and observations were.
There are many illustrations (44) in this book: photos, drawings, etc. No picture of Nadja here, but the text claims she was beautiful enough to make heads turn and have regular men in her life. This is the 1928 original, without the changes of 1963 reissue. The book was received well, but sales were slow at first.
She was a real person, and Nadja was her chosen-name. Financially insecure, about 24 when she met Breton. He was married and having another affair (his wife was *very* tolerant), so Nadja was not the object of his love/lust, more like an interest, a nearly-friend he had for a short while before her mental health fell off the edge (she spent the rest of her life in sanitariums, dying in 1941, never seeing the book written about her). The book does slightly reveal his guilt afterwards, and his thoughts on why he disliked sanitariums are included - they make things worse and restrict freedom.
The story starts in a way that it takes time for it to arrange itself and start the story finally (around the text near the third picture), but it's fun to read, like a little wild bar piano. The end is likewise a bit bouncy, but in a shorter way. Breton's opinions on certain authors, theatre and art appear, we also learn what kind of art he had at his home. The cultural world in Paris that was around him, in fact the whole Paris, comes near to you.
- I miss being in Paris sometimes, I do feel I need to go there again at some point....
- Both Breton and Nadja don't seem to like stable work much; certain levels of creativity are in both of them, and both sound like people who need to create and move around - walk around in the streets (of Paris) - to feel like themselves. He gives her some books to read. She draws him strange objects and creatures, some of the drawings appear here.
Her talks seems interesting at first, but I think the reader migth realise sooner than Breton that something isn't right in her mind. Breton does eventually start to feel exasperated with her, and starts avoiding her. At first he dates the days he saw her, but that ends soon. Before disappearing from sight, her comments on the art and objects at Breton's house are particularly striking (and scare Breton a bit).
And he doesn't really talk about how things end, though his guilt shines through, and his worry on how they'll treat her in the sanitariums from then on. Breton's post-Nadja love affair fuels his writings towards the end, but Nadja isn't far from his mind, though vanishing into a ghost-figure in the background. Is he different from what he was before he met her? Whatever: Nadja got her immortality through this book, whatever Breton's opinions and observations were.
November 8, 2017
One of the keystones of modern French literature. I see that some fellow Goodreader's take fault with it not being surreal 'enough.' What the fuck does that even mean? Is it great beyond all proportion? Yes. Then who gives a rat's asphalted asshole what 'school' it belongs to? That's like hating Curtis Mayfield for not being Glenn Danzig: it makes no goddamn sense, especially as both are lower-case geniuses. Labels: protecting you from poison since 'whenever-the-shit' AD.
Also bear in mind the continuum. How early does this fall on Surrealisms? 'Pretty, pretty early,' says Larry David.
My second reading of this, the first half my life ago, leaves me with three takeaways:
< My favorite graphic novel (it has associative pictures that correspond to the text, hence 'graphic' novel not comic book BAMZINGZOW!)
< Even better 20-years later, as I came to it with a far greater contextual understanding of...pretty much everything.
< Still never printed in hardcover in the Queen's tongue. Certainly one of humanity's greatest crimes, right behind consigning the first three Grand Funk Railroad records to obscurity in favor of "We're An American Band" and "Some Kind of Wonderful." That's not MY Mark, Mel, and Don!*
(*May this ever be the only written text to ever draw comparisons between Breton and Grand Funk, in this Your name I pray...)
Also bear in mind the continuum. How early does this fall on Surrealisms? 'Pretty, pretty early,' says Larry David.
My second reading of this, the first half my life ago, leaves me with three takeaways:
< My favorite graphic novel (it has associative pictures that correspond to the text, hence 'graphic' novel not comic book BAMZINGZOW!)
< Even better 20-years later, as I came to it with a far greater contextual understanding of...pretty much everything.
< Still never printed in hardcover in the Queen's tongue. Certainly one of humanity's greatest crimes, right behind consigning the first three Grand Funk Railroad records to obscurity in favor of "We're An American Band" and "Some Kind of Wonderful." That's not MY Mark, Mel, and Don!*
(*May this ever be the only written text to ever draw comparisons between Breton and Grand Funk, in this Your name I pray...)
October 16, 2014
More a treatise on how to be ghostly than anything else, Nadja is Andre Breton鈥檚 highly wrought elaboration of his brief relationship with a mysterious (possibly mad?) young woman. For those with a taste for, or an interest in, coincidences (as I am), this book can be highly intoxicating and actually mind altering, meaning it can have a direct effect on how and what you see as you go about your days and nights walking around (preferably through a city with 鈥渁tmosphere鈥�). This intoxication is a result of most of the book occurring within Breton鈥檚 mind, with Nadja and Paris (& a few surrealists) making occasional cameo appearances, so reading this book is akin to walking around within the highly charged and receptive ionic cloud that Breton intentionally made of his mind.
I demote it one star for Breton鈥檚 sometimes annoying oracular tone.
I demote it one star for Breton鈥檚 sometimes annoying oracular tone.
August 12, 2023
Andre Breton's "Nadja" is one of my all time favorite books. I think the main reason is that the city of Paris becomes a character in the novel. Or is it even a novel? It reads like a travel diary under the influence of Opium.
I like how Breton eroticises Paris, and the images that are through out the book are priceless.
I like how Breton eroticises Paris, and the images that are through out the book are priceless.
April 22, 2025
Wow two days in a row of amazing books. This is one of my favs of the year so far. A wonderful and blissful teling of a narrator gifted with the ability to view all through the lens of surrealism who is intesely passionate- some may even say obssessed- with the eclectic Nadja. Inherently poetic, abstract, and addicting. Who needs drugs when you have this book. I love love loveddd this, everything about the writing style and the accompanying imagery, (i have the penguin modern classic edition), it was a truly surreal experience and i feel like the narrator and i have developed some sort of explosuve relationsip. Highly recommend to those who enjoy some surreal and absurd telling.
August 4, 2021
2 stars
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