Write a critical review of Andre Bretons Nadja (1928) and how it sheds light on his vision of surrealism, woman and the city of Paris.

Effective literary criticism usually requires an understanding of the particular genre under consideration.  Immediately Bretons Nadja confronts and confuses: The first thing is, this is not a novel.  The second: its not strictly factual either.   Lacking the literary automatism of Champs des magntiques, the prose poetry of Baudelaire, or the narrative description of Emile Zola, Nadja defies categorization.  Faced with such uncertainty the critical reviewer is already on his guard…(short extract)