{"title":"Andre Breton","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndre Breton\u003c\/strong\u003e offers readers a captivating journey through surrealism and avant-garde literature. His works, including \u003cem\u003eMagnetic Fields\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNadja\u003c\/em\u003e, blend poetic imagination with explorations of the subconscious, challenging conventional narrative forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGeneral Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e, Breton’s writings invite you to experience the unexpected connections and dreamlike landscapes that define his distinctive literary style.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"nadja-by-andre-breton-9780141180892","title":"Nadja","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNadja\u003c\/em\u003e is a Surrealist romance, and has come to be known as a book which defined that movement's attitude towards life. With its blend of intimate confession and sense of the marvellous, \u003cem\u003eNadja\u003c\/em\u003e weaves a mysterious and compelling tapestry of daily life as seen through a magical perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCombining autobiographical fact with memory and imagination, Breton spins one of the most unusual love stories in modern literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46250034462956,"sku":"9780141180892","price":27.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780141180892.jpg?v=1741529212"},{"product_id":"magnetic-fields-by-andre-breton-9781681374604","title":"Magnetic Fields","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn indispensable classic of French poetry, this is a new translation of Breton and Soupault's experiment with automatic writing, and also the first known work of literary Surrealism. This edition includes the original French text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the spring of 1919, two young men, Andre Breton and Philippe Soupault, both in a state of shock after World War I, embarked on an experiment. Sick of the literary cultivation of \"voice,\" sick of the \"well-written,\" they wanted to unleash the power of the word and to create \"a new morality\" to replace \"the prevailing morality, the source of all our trials and tribulations.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey had a plan. They would write for a week on every day of the week and they would write fast, as fast as possible, in complete secrecy. When the week was over, the writing would be done. No touching up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis was how \u003cem\u003eThe Magnetic Fields\u003c\/em\u003e, the first sustained exercise in automatic writing, came to be. Charlotte Mandell's brilliant new translation reveals a key work of twentieth-century literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis English-only edition does not include the poems in their original language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596859326700,"sku":"9781681374604","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/c81aa5aff3a09a43884a5900e74e5576.jpg?v=1777946704"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/andre-breton.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}