Name: Nadja
SKU: 63549607
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Author: André Breton

Type

Physical Book

Author

André Breton

Publisher

Nyrb Classics

Language

English

Pages

160

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781681379364

Nadja

André Breton (Author) · Nyrb Classics · Paperback

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Synopsis "Nadja"

A new translation of one of the defining works of the French surrealist movement, an energetic autobiographical novel that is at once both a tumultuous romance story and an initiation into the surrealism of everyday life. The most renowned of all surrealist literary works, André Breton's Nadja has been stirring passions and imaginations since its first publication in 1928. At once a poignant romance, an autobiography, a philosophical inquiry into questions of identity, and a lively illustration of the surrealist belief in life-changing chance, Nadja relates the fortuitous meeting and brief, tumultuous relationship between Breton, surrealism's founder and primary theorist, and the "wandering soul" who called herself Nadja, "because in Russian it's the beginning of the word for hope, and because it's only the beginning." Over the course of a single breathless week, recounted with scrupulous precision and a poet's sense of drama, Breton and Nadja pursue an adventure that stands outside of societal or moral conventions, and that brings both of them to what Breton termed "the extreme limit of the surrealist aspiration." Bookending this beguiling and ultimately tragic story are a series of "petrifying coincidences," episodes that initiate the reader into the surrealism of everyday life, and a penetrating examination of Breton's own share of responsibility in Nadja's ultimate fate, ending with the shattering intrusion into the author's life of a final transformative occurrence. In this, the first new translation of Nadja in more than sixty years, award-winning translator and surrealism scholar Mark Polizzotti brings a fresh perspective to this unique and haunting tale. Making use of the most recent research (including the revelation of Nadja's identity and life story and the discovery of Breton's original manuscript), he sets the narrative in its historical and biographical context and corrects a number of inaccuracies in the previous English version. This vibrant, emotionally resonant translation breathes new energy and urgency into a book that has long been recognized as one of the seminal masterpieces of twentieth-century modernism.

André Breton

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André Breton fue un escritor, poeta y ensayista francés considerado el principal fundador y teórico del surrealismo. Nacido en 1896 en Tinchebray, Francia, estudió medicina y trabajó en hospitales psiquiátricos durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, experiencia que despertó su interés por el inconsciente, los sueños y las teorías de Sigmund Freud. Tras vincularse inicialmente al dadaísmo, Breton impulsó el movimiento surrealista en la década de 1920 mediante manifiestos, revistas y experimentos de escritura automática. Su influencia trascendió la literatura y alcanzó la pintura, el cine y la filosofía, convirtiéndose en una figura central de las vanguardias europeas. Básicamente, si el surrealismo tuvo un director técnico, Breton llevaba el silbato y probablemente también un pez flotando sobre la cabeza.

Entre sus obras más importantes se encuentran Nadja, Los vasos comunicantes, El amor loco y El arte mágico, ensayo donde reflexiona sobre la relación entre creación artística, simbolismo y pensamiento mágico a lo largo de distintas culturas y períodos históricos. Breton defendía el arte como una vía de liberación mental y transformación de la realidad, alejándose de las restricciones racionalistas tradicionales. Aunque su personalidad generó tensiones dentro del propio movimiento surrealista, su papel como impulsor intelectual y organizador fue decisivo para consolidar una de las corrientes artísticas más influyentes del siglo XX.

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