Hundred Headless Woman

Originally published in Paris in 1929 this collage novel by avant-gardist Max Ernst constitutes a seminal 20th-century work of art. The artist's striking combinations of engravings from Victorian-era books and magazines accompanied by enigmatic captions offer a universe of mystery replete with all the possibilities of the bizarre dream world of the surreal. Images speak language illustrates and the reader's imagination provides the glue. <br>Irrational violent tender ironic Max Ernst has invoked the whole kaleidoscope of human phenomena in these collages ... [turning them] into stunning proposals for adventure noted this volume's translator Dorothea Tanning. <i>The Hundred Headless Woman </i>was the first of Ernst's collage novels and its classic status ensures a place in modern art history classes. Every visit and re-visit to its pages tells a different story an endlessly fascinating tale that runs an emotional gamut from keen humor to outright horror.