Nadja
€6,750.00
André Breton's Nadja is one of the most influential and intriguing works of surrealist literature and a cornerstone of the genre. This first edition from 1928 is not merely a text, but a multimedia manifesto that blurs the lines between autobiography, fiction, and visual art. The book, which tells the story of Breton's bizarre encounters in Paris, is interspersed with 44 photographic plates that dissolve the boundary between reality and imagination. It is a visual and literary quest for the unknown and the coincidental, drawing the reader into the dream logic so characteristic of surrealism. The presence of the photographs, which are not so much illustrations as visual evidence of the experiences, transforms the book into a unique experiment. This copy, with its uncut signatures and a handwritten dedication from Breton to the influential Madame Jean Rivière, is in an exceptionally fine condition and offers a rare glimpse into the original form of one of the most radical books of the 20th century.
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Breton, André
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Nadja
1928 | Parijs | Gallimard
The masterpiece of Surrealism in a rare hors-commerce edition, with a handwritten dedication from the author.
André Breton's Nadja is one of the most influential and intriguing works of surrealist literature and a cornerstone of the genre. This first edition from 1928 is not merely a text, but a multimedia manifesto that blurs the lines between autobiography, fiction, and visual art. The book, which tells the story of Breton's bizarre encounters in Paris, is interspersed with 44 photographic plates that dissolve the boundary between reality and imagination. It is a visual and literary quest for the unknown and the coincidental, drawing the reader into the dream logic so characteristic of surrealism. The presence of the photographs, which are not so much illustrations as visual evidence of the experiences, transforms the book into a unique experiment. This copy, with its uncut signatures and a handwritten dedication from Breton to the influential Madame Jean Rivière, is in an exceptionally fine condition and offers a rare glimpse into the original form of one of the most radical books of the 20th century.
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In-8 (Octavo) approx. 20 × 26 cm
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1 of 16 copies, hors commerce, numbered from a to p.
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16
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vélin pur fil Lafuma-Navarre
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Nadja is an autobiographical novel that chronicles the narrator's, André Breton's, bizarre encounters in Paris. The plot follows his obsessive search for the young woman who gives the book its title, Nadja, whom he meets by chance. The narrative is an unorthodox reflection on love, identity, and reality, where the line between Nadja's madness and the narrator's rational mind blurs. Breton explores how reality can be perceived through chance, the unconscious, and dreams. The book reflects the surrealist obsession with the subconscious and the everyday magic of urban life.
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