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Nadja (1928), the second book published by André Breton, is one of the iconic works of the French surrealist movement. It begins with the question "Who am I?It is based on Breton's actual interactions with a young woman, Nadja (actually Léona Camille Ghislaine Delacourt 1902–1941), over the course of ten days, and is presumed to be a semi-autobiographical description of his relationship ...
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Before she was a vampire, Nadja was a simple peasant girl from Antipaxos, a tiny island in the Mediterranean. Her foray into running her own nightclub resulted in some mild arson and an unfruitful insurance claim. Also, the spirit of the ghost of the human Nadja before she technically died and became a vampire lives on in her little sidekick, the N...
Common Powers
Nadja has all the common abilities of a vampire which include: 1. Immortality: Vampires do not age past the point from when they were turned and are thus unable to die from old age. 2. Enhanced Strength: Nadja is easily able to throw a full-grown human across a room or fling them into a wall, breaking it. 3. Enhanced Speed: Vampires are able to move extremely quickly, appearing as a blur. Nadja was able to rip out the heart of a vampire in the blink of an eye. 4. Enhanced Durability:Vampires...
Unique Abilities
Nadja is among those vampires that has abilities unique to her. 1. Telekinesis:Nadja has telekinesis to a limited degree, she has only been seen to be able to open doors. 2. Enhanced Wall Crawling:Nadja is a very proficient at climbing up walls without any assisted means. 3. Enhanced Hypnosis:Nadja's ability for hypnosis allows her to also seduce anyone. 4. Sonic Scream:Nadja has the ability to shout so loud it causes lights to explode and cause both vampires and humans to feel a great amount...
Nadja has all the weaknesses that come with being a vampire: 1. Sunlight:Will burn in sunlight, with even small amounts of exposure causing her to start smoking. 2. Wooden Stake:A wooden stake to the heart will instantly kill her. 3. Decapitation:If Nadja's head is cut off her will die. 4. Holy Water:Contact will cause her skin to burn. 5. Garlic:C...
Nadja is far more sensitive to other supernatural presences than other vampires.Nadja claims to have been depicted in Pablo Picasso's original version of Guernica, but her section was removed.Nadja is a 1994 American horror film written and directed by Michael Almereyda, starring Elina Löwensohn in the title role and Peter Fonda as Abraham Van Helsing. Nadja is a vampire film that treats genre elements in an understated arthouse style. [2]
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Sep 1, 1995 · Nadja: Directed by Michael Almereyda. With Elina Löwensohn, Nic Ratner, Karl Geary, Peter Fonda. This ultra-hip, post-modern vampire tale is set in contemporary New York City.
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Nadja is a work of surrealist fiction by the French writer Andre Breton. Published in 1928, the novel takes place over a period of ten days, telling the story of the relationship between the narrator – who is also named Andre Breton – and a woman called Nadja. Featuring a non-linear structure and making heavy use of improbable coincidences ...
Sep 1, 1995 · Everybody wants to live forever. Fewer have the energy to be virtuous. Vampires are attractive these days, I think, because they offer the only way one can sin and still win eternal life. In "Nadja," ordinary people get mixed up with a family of vampires, and the result, while more mundane than in the Anne Rice stories, creates much the same mood.
Nadja, originally published in France in 1928, is the first and perhaps best Surrealist romance ever written, a book which defined that movement's attitude toward everyday life. The principal narrative is an account of the author's relationship with a girl in the city of Paris, the story of an obsessional presence haunting his life.