Invitation to a Beheading

Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov


ISBN
9780141196978
Published
Released
01 / 06 / 2012
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
256
Dimensions
129 x 195 x 20mm

Written in Berlin in 1934, Invitation to a Beheading contains all the surprise, excitement and magical intensity of a work created in two brief weeks of sustained inspiration. It takes us into the fantastic prison-world of Cincinnatus, a man condemned to death and spending his last days in prison not quite knowing when the end will come.

Nabokov described the book as 'a violin in a void. The worldling will deem it a trick. Old men will hurriedly turn from it to regional romances and the lives of public figures . . . The evil-minded will perceive in little Emmie a sister of little Lolita . . . But I know a few readers who will jump up, ruffling their hair'.
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