Nadja: Qui est elle??

I found he first part of the novel, an explanation of Breton's philosophies, quite hard to follow as surrealism is quite hard to comprehend when it is the stream of conscious of another individual. It's so easy to understand our own pattern of thought in the unconscious mind but Breton's transcribing of that seemed to be lost to me. 

Despite the slight lack of plot, Nadja and the photographs give this story a sort of pseudo plot. Through the creative directive of Bretons unconscious mind, the reader is introduced to surrealism through the character of Nadja. To Breton, Nadja was the embodiment of surrealism, existing within this liminal space as a fluid being. Nadja does not adhere to societal normalities. Instead she chooses a name for herself and dresses how she pleases yet she is able to captivate all that come into contact with her. She reminded me so much of Natalie Portman's character, "Alice" in the movie; "Closer" When she first meets her love interest she too gives a fake name and exists in this world by her own means, floating between spaces. At one point Nadja refers to herself as "...the soul in limbo." (71). Limbo is an undecided state, a state of observing. Nadja is an observer, a person who sees. This is why I think she attracts so many people, she is sure of who she is because of all these little observations, she can view the world outside of herself. I think that it is this way of her being that attracts André to be so obsessed with her. She is an enigma, the kind of woman who radiates confidence. Nadja is Breton's muse, and what artists isn't wholly consumed by their muse? 

In the end of the novel, Nadja is revealed to be mad. The year in which this story takes place and the social contexts in that point in time lead me to be skeptical of whether or not this diagnosis was trustworthy. I wonder if Nadja's diagnosis as mad was the result of lack of sociological knowledge regarding social normalities and the ways in which we are expected to conform to them or if she was truly mad. It seems as though it could very well be either of those options. Her nonconformity could be the reason for her diagnosis yet we might have also overlooked her mental illness due to the manner in which she was described by Breton. He describes her as if she is some divine woman and could do no wrong in his eyes. 

My question for you is; Do you think Breton mistook his obsession for love? And does obsession ever equate to love or is it love misconstrued in its most unhealthy form?