Description: Nightmarish, witty and immaculately conceived, Invitation to a Beheading unsparingly teases out the illogic of tyranny and will establish Nabokov in readers' minds as a serious and intelligent writer 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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EAN: 9780141185606
UPC: 9780141185606
ISBN: 9780141185606
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Item Length: 19.8 cm
Book Title: Invitation to a Beheading
Item Height: 198mm
Item Width: 129mm
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Religious History, Books, Interior Design
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication Year: 2001
Genre: Historical
Item Weight: 182g
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
