Insomniac dreams : experiments with time by Vladimir Nabokov
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-19772017
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On October 14th, 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 result is 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.
Main title:
Insomniac dreams : experiments with time by Vladimir Nabokov / Vladimir Nabokov ; edited by Gennady Barabtarlo.
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Imprint:
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2017.
Collation:
224 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9780691167947 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
813.54920
Language:
English
BRN:
262236