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The personal and artistic connections between the usual suspects of Apollinaire, Picabia, Man Ray, Duchamp, Buñuel, and Dalí are all traced in extensive and highly entertaining detail. And at the book's center lies the pompous, autocratic, charismatic figure of André Breton and his creative but highly volatile relations with the entire cast--from his feuds with Tristan Tzara to his ultimate disillusion with Dalí. Following Breton's enigmatic career, the book moves beautifully between the revolutionary aspirations of the movement and the endemic literary squabbles that often blunted its radicalism. Brandon is particularly successful at uncovering the importance of the various women who had such a decisive impact upon the development of surrealism, as well as offering a range of salacious and often wonderfully incongruous encounters, such as the aged Erik Satie's involvement in the creation of Marcel Duchamp's The Gift. How surreal. --Jerry Brotton, Amazon.co.uk
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Surreal Lives: The Surrealists 1917-1945 This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Seller Inventory # 7719-9780333681565
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. An entertaining and masterly 'group biography' of the leaders of the Surrealist MovementIn the years following the First World War the way we perceive the world was turned upside down by a small group of writers, painters and film-makers: the surrealists. Their aim was to revolutionise the arts, and through them everything else. In 'Surreal Lives' Ruth Brandon follows the growth of the surrealist movement with all the energy, verve and spirit that the subject demands. The story is built around its central characters, enigmatic Marcel Duchamp, Andre Breton in all his seriousness, the eager Louis Aragon, and the outrageous Salvador Dali. They are the core of this entertaining and challenging book as their dilemmas, struggles and achievements came to mirror the way the world changed between the wars."In this gripping account, Ruth Brandon uncovers the explosively tense network of relationships on which Surrealism was built; traces the development of its furious ambitions and its uneasy association with the Communist Party; and catches its rich vein of eccentricity." Frances Spalding, Daily Telegraph"This is a wonderful book, full of masterly set-pieces" John Banville, Irish Times. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR002633832
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Seller Inventory # 6545-9780333681565
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback. 525 pp. Light general and edgewear to illustrated covers. A little scuffing to lower edge of text block. Internally unmarked; solidly bound. Black-and-white plates. Endnotes; Bibliography; Index. "In this gripping account, Ruth Brandon uncovers the explosively tense network of relationships on which Surrealism was built -- and catches its rich vein of eccentricity." -- Daily Telegraph Size: Octavo. Seller Inventory # 005351