So, Nadja was my first ever introduction to surrealist fiction, and all I can say is…at least it was less confusing than Proust. For starters, the first few parts of the book left me wondering whether I was reading the right book or not, because like… where exactly was Nadja? It felt I was like […]
I really thought that after Proust, the texts would get significantly more comprehensible. Wrong. I can’t even articulate my thoughts through the entire beginning of the text on here because it includes so much profanity. It’s entirely possible that I’m missing something because where does the whole play from the start come into relevance? I […]
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Trigger warning: suicide and attempted suicide Song of the week: mother, i’m sorry – Kamal. This book was a real pleasure to read, especially after Combray. I loved the humour throughout it, as well as the narrator’s descriptions of the different settings that gave me a vivid image of the scenes as they were playing out. […]
First of all, I just want to say this was an easier read than Proust! However, I still did not like the form of writing very much??? I don’t know what my deal is, or what the French authors’ deals are. Maybe it just wasn’t meant to be</3I …
First of all, I just want to say this was an easier read than Proust! However, I still did not like the form of writing very much??? I don’t know what my deal is, or what the French authors’ deals are. Maybe it just wasn’t meant to be</3I …
As I read through Nadja by Andre Breton, I initially thought that the start the book was somewhat unstructured as though I’m reading through one’s journal – which it is. However as I really enjoyed the illustrations, as they helped me visualize the setting and characters in my mind. I find that places which are …
Reading The Mad Toy definitely took me some time because it was a little emotionally heavy. Similar to when I watch shows or movies, sometimes I get engrossed in a book, and this novel had that sort of effect on me. Reading about Silvio’s life and the hardships he’s had to face was slightly overwhelming. […]
When I read the starting section of combray, I felt as if I drifted out of consciousness. It was less about just reading and following a story. It was more about being immersed in the words of the narrator. From the beginning everything felt very unstable with the room blurring into another and time slipping […]
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When I started reading Nadja, I honestly thought I was doing something wrong. I kept flipping pages, waiting for the moment where everything would click, where a storyline would emerge or where I’d finally understand what I was supposed to be paying attention to. That moment never really came. Instead, the book felt like being […]
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Nadja by Breton was definitely interesting and different to read. It reminded me a lot of Proust and I felt like the difficulty of reading it was similar to Proust. This is because both the books were difficult to read and keep up with and they both were quite different from the form of writing […]
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