| Description |
xiv, 202 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 22 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-198) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Chronic condition. Dream, memory ; Dunne and his theory ; Nabokov's experiment -- Dreamer's log -- More dreams. Prior to the experiment ; After the experiment ; In letters to wife ; In the book of memoirs -- The art of dreaming. Professional ; Doom ; Daytime impressions ; Memories of the remote past ; Precognitive ; Erotic ; Nested ; Life is a dream ; Oneitic realism ; Father ; Insomnia -- Artistic time. Two prime mysteries ; The Montreux novels ; Boomeranging time ; Clarity of vision ; Conclusion. |
| Summary |
First publication of an index-card diary in which Nabokov recorded sixty-four dreams and subsequent daytime episodes, allowing the reader a glimpse of his innermost life. |
| Subject |
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977 -- Diaries.
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Dreams.
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Time.
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Dreams in literature.
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Time in literature.
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| Added Author |
Barabtarlo, Gennady, 1949- compiler, editor, writer of supplementary textual content.
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| ISBN |
9780691167947 |
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069116794X |
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