# a revolution of the mind : the life of andre breton

A revolution of the mind: the life of andre breton

Hard back

First edition 1995

 - Biography & Autobiography - 680 pages

"Lauded internationally upon its publication in 1995 as 'the most complete portrait available in English or French of Surrealism's magister ludi' (New York Times Book Review) and 'the first great biography of André Breton' (Livres Hebdo), Revolution of the Mind is now reissuedd in an updated, extensively revised version incorporating the wealth of new information that has since emerged about Breton, his stewardship of the Surrealist movement, his interaction with such figures as Buñuel, Dalí, Aragon, Picasso, Ernst, and many others, and his personal relationships, including previously unknown details about the mysterious Nadja. This is the definitive edition of a work that the New Criterion called 'an exemplary model of the [biographer's] art"--Back cover.