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c_rewie6's review against another edition
dark
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.0
manda2491's review
3.0
In Breton's narration, title character Nadja becomes a metaphor and a manifestation of the surrealist perspective. Quirky, temperamental, artistic, deeply intellectual, and a little mad, Nadja inspires Breton through chance encounters, past associations, futuristic visions, and artful hallucinations. Nadja reads as a ghostly romance that teeters precariously between reality & unreality and genius & madness.
graciandrea's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.75
booksnpunks's review against another edition
3.0
This novel was colourful, challenging, and - of course - surreal. Reading the introduction really helps in terms of explaining the timeline and the historical context to the novel, which I think is important considering how wrapped up in it's historical movements this text is.
A love story between Breton and Nadja, it is written almost in shards. The pictures scattered through were a great addition in that it helped to locate the story in reality. Breton is a whimsical writer and I'd love to read more of his work.
A love story between Breton and Nadja, it is written almost in shards. The pictures scattered through were a great addition in that it helped to locate the story in reality. Breton is a whimsical writer and I'd love to read more of his work.
mountmccabe's review
3.0
The book's run-on narrative style is interesting and offers an intriguing insight... into the narrator, presumably just Breton but it doesn't matter much. We don't learn much about Nadja because once the narrator sees more than a glimpse the spell is broken so we just learn about the man who cannot bear her reality.
katyoctober's review against another edition
I need to learn that books that say “is this a novel?” And “experimental….surrealist” are not for me. I’m taken back to my uni days. Didn’t rate this!
marty_law's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
2.75
zeatriz's review
4.0
“Ela é como um comboio incessantemente às sacadas na estação de Lyon e que sei não ir partir nunca, nunca ter partido. A beleza, com efeito, é feita de sacadas, das quais muitas não têm importância, mas que sabemos destinadas a trazer uma que de facto a tem. Uma Sacada que tem toda a importância que eu não saberia atribuir-me.”
aclypse's review
3.0
Recently I found out of existence of surrealist literature and I got really curious of it, so I decided to check out the most famous author, André Breton.
I was expecting surrealistic story to be super chaotic and non-understandable,full of unrealistic characters and unbelievable situations. But the fact that Nadja turned out to be a pretty normal and short story surprised me and dissapointed me a bit.
For me, this story is a mixture of author's life, memories and feelings described in a concrete yet abstract manner. also the book exposed to me few authors and phenomens i havent heard of before and reminded me of the one's I already had known.
overall I'm glad I've checked out the most famous surrealist author but am dissapointed of the story not living up to my expectations.
I was expecting surrealistic story to be super chaotic and non-understandable,full of unrealistic characters and unbelievable situations. But the fact that Nadja turned out to be a pretty normal and short story surprised me and dissapointed me a bit.
For me, this story is a mixture of author's life, memories and feelings described in a concrete yet abstract manner. also the book exposed to me few authors and phenomens i havent heard of before and reminded me of the one's I already had known.
overall I'm glad I've checked out the most famous surrealist author but am dissapointed of the story not living up to my expectations.