Nadja is a French novel written by the French author named André Breton. It is written in a genre called “surrealist narration” and is often pictured as the leading catalyst novel in the surrealist movement in France. The book was first published in 1928 by Grove Press, which was then revised and republished in 1964. There is only an English translation of the first published version of the book.
The book is often described as a novel written in a semi-autobiographical tone, not fully biographical, as it isn’t chronological nor focuses fully on the events that happens. The events also only span over the time of ten days, as the encounters the author has with a woman, Nadja, is described and pondered. Asking questions about reality, absolute reality and who the author himself really is, surrealism is manifested and expressed deeply throughout the book.
André Breton was born in 1896, in France, and died at the age of 70 in 1966. He was an author, that wrote poetry, essays and histories. He was most known for his book Surrealist Manifesto, which is also tied to the surrealist movement in France, that happened at the time of the publication of his books.
