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> From _PDR_ by Lester Grinspoon and James B. Bakalar (1979)
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> Comparing VN to the mnemonist in Luria's monograph, "The Mind of a
> Mnemonist:"
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> "In the writer Vladimir Nabokov, some of the same mental peculiarities (in
a
> less disabling form) were accompanied by literary genius. Nabokov's novels
> and memoirs display unusual intensity and precision of visual observation,
> disdain for generalities and abstractions, and almost total visual recall
of
> scenes from the distant past. He also confesses to experiencing
synesthesia
> and vivid hypnagogic imagery. The gift that proved almost a curse to
Luria's
> mnemonist was a blessing to Nabokov." (p.255)
EDNOTE. Interesting. I wrote about synaesthesia and its possible affect on
his writing in the early 70s. Reprinted as chapter I of my _Worlds in
Regression: Some Novels of VN"
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> From _PDR_ by Lester Grinspoon and James B. Bakalar (1979)
>
> Comparing VN to the mnemonist in Luria's monograph, "The Mind of a
> Mnemonist:"
>
> "In the writer Vladimir Nabokov, some of the same mental peculiarities (in
a
> less disabling form) were accompanied by literary genius. Nabokov's novels
> and memoirs display unusual intensity and precision of visual observation,
> disdain for generalities and abstractions, and almost total visual recall
of
> scenes from the distant past. He also confesses to experiencing
synesthesia
> and vivid hypnagogic imagery. The gift that proved almost a curse to
Luria's
> mnemonist was a blessing to Nabokov." (p.255)
EDNOTE. Interesting. I wrote about synaesthesia and its possible affect on
his writing in the early 70s. Reprinted as chapter I of my _Worlds in
Regression: Some Novels of VN"