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Nadja by André Breton · Booklabria

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Nadja

Social conditionsContinental european fiction

Nadja

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First published: 1928
Editions: 35 in 4 languages

Synopsis

The first surrealist romance, the principle narrative of Nadja is an account of the author's relationship with a girl in the city of Paris. The first-person narrative is supplemented by forty-four photographs of various surreal people, places, and objects which the author visits or is haunted by in Nadjar's presence, and which inspire him to meditate on their reality or lack of it.

Subjects: Social conditions
Continental european fiction
Man-woman relationship
Surrealism
Imaginary companions
Crime prevention
Set in: France
Paris

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35 in 4 languages

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English12 French20 Spanish2 German1

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