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Friday, November 17, 2017

Vladimir Nabokov's dream diary reveals experiments with 'backwards timeflow'

Newly published collection of the Lolita author’s notes shows him investigating theory that dreams can be inspired by future events

A 1964 diary in which Vladimir Nabokov recorded more than 50 of his dreams – ranging from the erotic to the violent to the surreal – is about to be published for the first time.

“Intensely erotic dream. Blood on sheet,” the novelist writes on 13 December 1964. “End of dream: my sister O, strangely young and languorous … Then stand near a window, sighing, half-seeing view, brooding over the possible consequence of incest.”

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