Take a photo of a barcode or cover
3.37 AVERAGE
3.37 AVERAGE
lui è veramente un cesso le tre stelle sono solo x nadja (se avessi letto solo la seconda parte sarebbero state anche 3.5/4) … iniziarlo è stato difficile perché mi confondeva lo stile di scrittura ma andando avanti mi è anche piaciuto
More interesting historically and theoretically than it is literarily, but still a worthy read. Nadja herself is the main draw plot/character wise, she is an excellent and bewildering character but has also certainly fallen victim to being written by a man. Masterclass in surrealist longform writing, but not something I'll be dying to read again. The epilogue is excellent and the most rich part of the book probably.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Interesting read although very strange. Did enjoy studying it further in class
reflective
slow-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
Nadja est une expérience de lecture à la fois envoûtante et déstabilisante. J’ai été captivée par son aspect poétique, le mélange des genres — texte, photographie, autobiographie et rêve — qui crée une frontière floue entre le réel et l’imaginaire. Le mystère qui entoure Nadja elle-même, figure insaisissable, m’a profondément marquée.
En revanche, j’ai parfois eu du mal à suivre le fil du récit, trop décousu à mon goût. J’ai eu tendance à chercher un sens, une logique, alors que ce texte appelle plutôt à se laisser porter, à accueillir l’abstraction et l’étrangeté sans toujours chercher à les résoudre. Une lecture déroutante, mais qui m’a poussée à repenser ma façon d’aborder la littérature.
En revanche, j’ai parfois eu du mal à suivre le fil du récit, trop décousu à mon goût. J’ai eu tendance à chercher un sens, une logique, alors que ce texte appelle plutôt à se laisser porter, à accueillir l’abstraction et l’étrangeté sans toujours chercher à les résoudre. Une lecture déroutante, mais qui m’a poussée à repenser ma façon d’aborder la littérature.
Below I quote from Tosh Berman's review of my novel, The Complete Fear of Kathy Acker -- Semiotext(e) 2023 -- which immediately caused me to read Nadja:
"The book also reminds me of Andre Breton’s Nadja, one of my all-time favorite books regarding Paris, and I think The Complete Fear of Kathy Acker is now my favorite Los Angeles book. Nadja deals with Paris seen through the eyes of Breton, including his friends at the time, fellow Surrealists. Like that book, Skelley put his friends in the book and known figures in Los Angeles like Dennis Wilson and the beloved local Baseball figure Vince Scully."
Of course I love it. Magical and tragical.
"The book also reminds me of Andre Breton’s Nadja, one of my all-time favorite books regarding Paris, and I think The Complete Fear of Kathy Acker is now my favorite Los Angeles book. Nadja deals with Paris seen through the eyes of Breton, including his friends at the time, fellow Surrealists. Like that book, Skelley put his friends in the book and known figures in Los Angeles like Dennis Wilson and the beloved local Baseball figure Vince Scully."
Of course I love it. Magical and tragical.
Short and rewarding. Read in one sitting. Great surrealist romance.
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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
