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Title: Insomniac Dreams
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
ISBN: 9780691196909
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2019
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 224
Publisher Description: <p><b>Nabokov's dream diary--published for the first time</b> <p/>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 <i>An Experiment with Time</i> 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. <i>Insomniac Dreams</i> 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.</p>
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
ISBN: 9780691196909
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2019
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 224
Publisher Description: <p><b>Nabokov's dream diary--published for the first time</b> <p/>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 <i>An Experiment with Time</i> 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. <i>Insomniac Dreams</i> 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.</p>
