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.
Show[s] in raw form the wit, facility, and inherent discipline of language easily recognizable as Nabokov's handiwork. -Publishers Weekly Dream notes are at the heart of Insomniac Dreams, and are surrounded by helpful and intriguing background material. -Michael Wood, The New York Review of Books Handsomely designed . . . . [F]ull of the kind of sleep-deprived, iridescently edged complexity that likes to gather around Vladimir Nabokov's work. -Nicholson Baker, The New Republic Utterly fascinating. -William Boyd, The Guardian A meditation on the ways our dreams unmoor us-from ourselves, from one another, from the most basic sense of duration. -Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker One of The Guardian's Best Books of 2017