The hundred headless woman

Originally published in Paris in 1929, this collage novel by avant-gardist Max Ernst constitutes a seminal and quintessential 20th-century work of art. 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.