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Nadja

André Breton

3.37 AVERAGE

naela's review against another edition

3.25

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

pillgirl2012's review against another edition

2.0

reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

okaye's review against another edition

challenging reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

i don't get it.

blueyorkie's review against another edition

5.0

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 out of 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.