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Author(s):	Vladimir Nabokov

Date:	2017-11-28	Format:	PDF	Language:	English	ISBN/ASIN:	069116794X
Pages:	224	OCR:		Quality:		ISBN13:	9780691167947
Uploader:	eternal	Upload Date:	1/1/2018 8:34:10 AM

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Nabokov's dream diary, published for the first timeand placed in biographical and literary context

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 he found in An Experiment with Time by the British philosopher John Dunne. The purpose was to test the theory that time may go in reverse, so that, paradoxically, a later event may generate an earlier dream. The resultpublished here for the first timeis a fascinating diary in which Nabokov recorded sixty-four dreams (and subsequent daytime episodes) on 118 index cards, which afford a rare glimpse of the artist at his most private. More than an odd biographical footnote, the experiment grew out of Nabokovs passionate interest in the mystery of time, which influenced many of his novels, including the late masterpiece Ada.

Insomniac Dreams, edited by leading Nabokov authority Gennady Barabtarlo, presents the text of Nabokovs 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. The book also includes previously unpublished records of Nabokovs dreams from his letters and notebooks and shows important connections between his fiction and private writings on dreams and time.

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