Insomniac Dreams: Experiments with Time by Vladimir Nabokov
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Insomniac Dreams: Experiments with Time by Vladimir Nabokov
By (Author) Vladimir Nabokov
Edited by Gennady Barabtarlo
Commentaries by Gennady Barabtarlo
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
27th January 2020
United States
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General
Non Fiction
Literature: history and criticism
Literary studies: general
891.7342
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Paperback
224
Width 140mm, Height 216mm
Description
Nabokov's dream diary-published for the first time On October 14, 1964, Vladimir Nabokov, a lifelong insomniac, began a curious experiment. Over the next eighty days, immediately upon waking, he wrote down his dreams, following the instructions in An Experiment with Time by British philosopher John Dunne. The purpose was to test the theory that time may go in reverse, so that a later event may generate an earlier dream. The result-published here for the first time-is a fascinating diary in which Nabokov recorded sixty-four dreams (and subsequent daytime episodes) on 118 index cards, providing a rare glimpse of the artist at his most private. Insomniac Dreams presents the text of Nabokov's dream experiment, illustrated with a selection of his original index cards, and provides rich annotations and analysis that put them in the context of his life and writings.
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Author Bio
Vladimir Nabokov (18991977) was a Russian-American writer whose books include the novels Lolita, Pnin, Pale Fire, and Ada. Gennady Barabtarlo (19492019) was professor of literature at the University of Missouri and the author of a number of books on Nabokov.
