Surrealism

Surrealist works feature the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions and non sequitur; however, many Surrealist artists and writers regard their work as an expression of the philosophical movement first and foremost, with the works being an artifact.

Kafka on the Shore
Nadja
The Metamorphosis
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Hearing Trumpet
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
Manifestoes of Surrealism
The Trial
The Master and Margarita
After Dark
Story of the Eye
A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)
The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington
Paris Peasant
1984 by George OrwellThe Stranger by Albert CamusMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
100 Modernist Reads
101 books — 52 voters
Maldoror and the Complete Works by Comte de LautréamontNadja by André BretonThe Hearing Trumpet by Leonora CarringtonIlluminations by Arthur RimbaudThe Seventh Horse and Other Tales by Leonora Carrington
Best Surrealist or Dadaist Books
126 books — 104 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll1984 by George OrwellThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Best Reality Warping Fiction
330 books — 170 voters


André Breton
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André Breton
The imaginary is what tends to become real.
André Breton

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