Nadja (novel)
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| Nadja | |
 Nadja, cover of the 1964 Livre de Poche edition |
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| Author | André Breton |
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| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Genre(s) | Surrealist novel |
| Publisher | Grove Press |
| Publication date | 1928 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 160 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-8021-5026-8 |
Nadja is an influential book written by the French surrealist André Breton in 1928. It starts with the question "Who am I?"
It is based on Breton's interactions with an actual young woman (Nadja) over the course of 10 days, and is taken to be a semi-autobiographical description of his relationship with a mad patient of Pierre Janet. The book's non-linear structure is grounded in reality by references to other Paris surrealists such as Louis Aragon, and by 44 photographs.
The last line of the book provided the title for Pierre Boulez's flute concerto ...explosante-fixe...".
[edit] Quotations from Nadja
- "Don't I love her? When I am near her I am nearer things which are near her."
- "Beauty will be convulsive or will not be at all."
