
An indispensible 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. In the spring of 1919, two young men, Andr Breton and Philippe Soupault, both...


The first Surrealist book - it's use of 'automatic writing' makes it a seminal work in the literature of the 20th century.