Mirror of the marvelous - the surrealist reimagining of myth

About the book

First published in French as Miroir du merveilleux in 1940, Mirror of the Marvelous has long been considered one of the most significant and original books to have come out of the surrealist movement and Anaïs Nin suggested it as a source of inspiration, far ahead of its time. Drawing on sacred and modern texts that share aquality of the marvellous, Pierre Mabille defines “the marvellous” as the point at which inner and outer realities are joined and the individual is simultaneously one with him...Show more