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Nadja (1928), the second book published by André Breton, is one of the iconic works of the French surrealist movement. It begins with the question "Who am I?"
Nadja by Andre Breton is the first surrealist romance novel and explores the surrealist movement through expression in the character Nadja’s unique way of existing in the word.
Nadja. André Breton. Grove Press, 1960 - Fiction - 160 pages. "Nadja, " originally published in France in 1928, is the first and perhaps best Surrealist romance ever written, a book...
Jul 12, 2010 · Originally published: Paris : Gallimard, 1928. "An Evergreen Book." The first surrealist romance, the principle narrative of Nadja is an account of the author's relationship with a girl in the city of Paris.
Jan 11, 1994 · ‘Nadja’ (1928) is a key Surrealist novel by movement guru Andre Breton. I’d never read a Surrealist novel, and it was wonderfully different. ‘Nadja’ is the biographical story of Breton’s chance encounter and brief relationship with the titular bohemian woman and, at times, evokes an off-kilter ‘Annie Hall’.
NADJA is a Surrealist romance, and has come to be known as a book which defined that movement's attitude towards life. With its blend of intimate confession and sense of the marvellous, NADJA weaves a myterious and compelling tapestry of daily life as seen through a magical perspective.
Nadja: a woman, a book... and a voluminous and well-preserved folder containing fascinating documents relating to an unusual story. Letters and drawings, some of which were included in the book, introduce us to the heart of what, before becoming a literary myth, was above all a real life story. [Atelier André Breton website, 2005]
