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A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil / Max Ernst
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REF.AM.2087
175 p : ill. ; 26cm
1982
First published in Paris in 1930, A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil is Max Ernst's second collage-novel. One of the foremost Surrealist artists, Max Ernst has created here a bizarre and enchanting set of images by juxtaposing illustrations from all kinds of books new and old. The collages tell the dream of a young girl who, having lost her virginity on the day of her first communion, commits herself to a religious vocation. Her dream is an impious and schizophrenic nightmare, richly and ironically conceived. -- excerpt of introduction from book jacket