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3.37 AVERAGE
3.37 AVERAGE
reflective
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
challenging
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I enjoyed this book and if you enjoy a more complicated romance it may be appealing. The world can spam from obviously unreal to slightly making one re evaluate which parts even happened. It is an experience where the plot is Nadja and who she is. Each third focuses on a different facet on going through such an experience.
informative
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
For some reason, I find surrealist fiction much more palatable when it's in French.
challenging
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I read this one for my 20th Century Literature class in college as part of the section on the surrealists and let me just say that if there was a class offered for reading and writing surrealism I would take it so fast. I love the surrealists! What a fascinating and brilliant group of people. This one was a little less exciting than some of the other things we read but still pretty cool nonetheless. It's a good read if you're looking for a book that sums up what the surrealists were about, as Nadja is pretty much the idea of surrealism in human form.
If you read this and aren't convinced that the surrealists were awesome, you should know that they literally got together and played games to come up with new poems and stories. How cool is that?! If you're still not convinced, I can't help you.
If you read this and aren't convinced that the surrealists were awesome, you should know that they literally got together and played games to come up with new poems and stories. How cool is that?! If you're still not convinced, I can't help you.
"I have taken Nadja, from the first day to the last, for a free genius, something like one of those spirits of the air which certain magical practices momentarily permit us to entertain but which we can never overcome."
Surrealism, romance, exploration, vindication...
Within the private conspiracy of the text, Breton writes with a controlled urgency, a sense of wonder, and a passion for expression. His multifaceted portrayal of Nadja is a manifesto and a tribute to "the idea that freedom, acquired here on earth at the price of a thousand--and the most difficult--renunciations, must be enjoyed as unrestrictedly as it is granted, without pragmatic considerations of any sort, and this because human emancipation--conceived finally in its simplest revolutionary form, which is no less than human emancipation in every respect...--remains the only cause worth serving."
Surrealism, romance, exploration, vindication...
Within the private conspiracy of the text, Breton writes with a controlled urgency, a sense of wonder, and a passion for expression. His multifaceted portrayal of Nadja is a manifesto and a tribute to "the idea that freedom, acquired here on earth at the price of a thousand--and the most difficult--renunciations, must be enjoyed as unrestrictedly as it is granted, without pragmatic considerations of any sort, and this because human emancipation--conceived finally in its simplest revolutionary form, which is no less than human emancipation in every respect...--remains the only cause worth serving."