This book represents a splendid survey of Surrealist art and ideas. It is well-designed, smart, and useful to both the scholarly and lay reader. A real boom to the students and lovers of Surrealism.

Did you say surreal? Actually I found it oleaginous without being too... huh... rococo. Yeah - that's it. Florid, though less... what's the word I'm looking for... unctuous. Yes - well, anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed this.

This collection of essays is highly damaged by editor Rudolf Kuenzli's "Surrealism and Misogyny" which stands as one of the worst essays ever written on surrealism due to its outragous claims that mysteriously lack any citations! Kuenzli should be writing for the National Enquirer. For people who are honestly interested in the proposed topic (Surrealism and Women) I would much rather direct your attention towards Penelope Rosemont's anthology, where the women speek for themselves.

This is a waste of money. Its only value is the wonderful pictures by Claude Cahun, but now they can be found elsewhere. Caws has nothing interesting to say, and will completely numb your brain with her empty voice and disinformation. I tried to sell this book back to a local bookstore, but they had already accumulated so many returned copies before mine that they refused to buy it. Now I'm stuck with the useless junk. Thanks for wasting my money, Mary.