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Insomniac Dreams

Experiments with Time by Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov Gennady Barabtarlo Gennady Barabtarlo

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English
Princeton University Press
27 January 2020
Nabokov's dream diary-published for the first timeOn 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.
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Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 140mm, 
ISBN:   9780691196909
ISBN 10:   0691196907
Pages:   224
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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.

Reviews for Insomniac Dreams: Experiments with Time by Vladimir 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


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