Insomniac Dreams

Experiments with Time by Vladimir Nabokov

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Vladimir Nabokov

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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.

Author Biography:

Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977) was a Russian-American writer whose books include the novels Lolita, Pnin, Pale Fire, and Ada. Gennady Barabtarlo (1949–2019) was professor of literature at the University of Missouri and the author of a number of books on Nabokov.

Release date Australia

November 19th, 2019

Author

Vladimir Nabokov

Contributors

Commentaries by Gennady Barabtarlo
Edited by Gennady Barabtarlo

Pages

224

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Illustrations

23 b/w illus.

Dimensions

137x204x14

ISBN-13

9780691196909

Product ID

29772267

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