Insomniac Dreams: Experiments With Time: Experiments with Time by Vladimir Nabokov - Brossura

Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich

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ISBN 10: 0691196907 ISBN 13: 9780691196909

Casa editrice: Princeton Univ Pr, 2019

Riassunto

Nabokov's dream diary—published for the first time

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 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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Informazioni sull?autore

Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977) was a Russian-American writer whose books include the novels Lolita, Pnin, Pale Fire, and Ada. Gennady Barabtarlo (1949–2019) was professor of literature at the University of Missouri and the author of a number of books on Nabokov.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Princeton Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0691196907
• ISBN 13: 9780691196909
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 202
• Redattore: Barabtarlo Gennady
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