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Anthology of Black Humor

by Andre Breton · 1940

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This is Breton's definitive statement on l'humour noir, one of the seminal concepts of surrealism.

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Themes
artartMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1940s1940sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 402 pages
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