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Nadja: Qui est elle??

I found he first part of the novel, an explanation of Breton’s philosophies, quite hard to follow as surrealism is quite hard to comprehend when it is the stream of conscious of another individual. It’s so easy to understand our own pattern of thought …

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Nadja; Surrealist Dream or Actual Person?

The second French book of the course, Nadja by André Breton is a short surrealist novel. It was a very fast and interesting read but took me a minute to get into. At first, Breton talks about the theatre and his inability to recognize actors. Upon meeting Nadja however, things become much more interesting. Nadja […]

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Week 3 – Nadja

Hi everyone, welcome back to my blog. The book for this week is Nadja by Andre Breton. The description of this book as a surrealist romance was intriguing to me, as I’ve enjoyed a few surrealist movies in the past, like Holy Motors and Synecdoche New York. At the same time others, like most of […]

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Is Nadja the original manic pixie dream girl?

“I have more and more difficulty following her monologue” (106) My response to this quote: Likewise, Breton, likewise. Navigating through the initial section of the book, an incessant cycle of philosophical perspectives on the self and the question of “who I am,” I saw myself in the aforementioned quote. A cause for this is actually […]

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Week 3: Nadja

Nadja, by Andre Breton, the second work published by the author, originally published in French, is one of the prominent works of the French surrealist movement. One of the first things that struck me about this book was the style of narration, how it was magniloquent yet foreign. My initial reaction was to chalk this …

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A Manic Pixie Dream Girl Back In Time?- Nadja By Andre Breton

Nadja, a quicker read for me than Combray was captivating and I found myself having a hard time putting the book down. The dream like state of the surrealism of this book kept me on my toes and forced me during time to rethink what Breton was saying. A lot of the questions Jon asks …

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Nadja – Reflection

I thoroughly enjoyed reading Nadja by André Breton. The novel started off a little slow, especially with the surrealism jargon. Thus, the only issue I had with the novel was the beginning and the end, which discussed surrealism. Although, the surreal lens used to write this novel added to its charm. One of the main […]

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Nadja – A State of Delusion or of Reflection?

“I am the soul in Limbo” (71) Considered one of the earliest surrealist romance books, Nadja is chock-full of wonder. Flipping through this short recollection of a haunting memory, every page tells a fragment of this mystery. Who was Nadja? And, was she truly real?  Some quick research and Nadja is actually Léona Camille Ghislaine […]

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Nandja- An illustration of illustrations

“Of a more or less unfamiliar character, whose secret we feel might be learned merely by questioning ourselves closely enough.” That’s precisely how I felt as I was reading Nandja.  Nadja begins with the awful question of “who am I?” which sends the narrator into a spiral of self-doubt. It leads to the ideals of […]

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Nadja – André Breton

Hello Everyone! Welcome back to week 2, and let me introduce you to Nadja, a woman written by the author André Breton. This book is about a man who becomes obsessed with this woman he met in Paris, Nadja, and his account of his experiences with her, and his thoughts about her. One thing about […]

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