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A review by ccygnette
Nadja by André Breton
overbearingly pretentious and laughably indulgent. the parts with Nadja were the most interesting and she was unfortunately only in the book for less than half of it. obviously a good intro to surrealism as a movement but keep Breton's personal history in mind while reading as it is, to say the least, elucidating.
9/15/24 reread: upon revisiting this book I was delighted to find that I loved it the second time around. I definitely think that knowing what to expect made it much more enjoyable to read and I even grew to appreciate most of the aspects of the book that I disliked before.
“Beauty will be CONVULSIVE or will not be at all.”
“…neither dynamic nor static, I see beauty as I have seen you.”
9/15/24 reread: upon revisiting this book I was delighted to find that I loved it the second time around. I definitely think that knowing what to expect made it much more enjoyable to read and I even grew to appreciate most of the aspects of the book that I disliked before.
“Beauty will be CONVULSIVE or will not be at all.”
“…neither dynamic nor static, I see beauty as I have seen you.”