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Invitation to a Beheading
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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Invitation to a Beheading
Takes us into the prison-world of Cincinnatus, a man condemned to death and spending his last days in prison not quite knowing when the end will come.
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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'.
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov is generally celebrated for its intricate prose and surreal narrative style. Critics often highlight its existential themes and the novel's exploration of a protagonist trapped in a nonsensical world. The book is praised for its clever use of language and its ability to provoke thought about the nature of freedom and individuality.
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ISBN: 9780141185606
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 26 April 2001
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Contributors:
- Translated by Dmitri Nabokov
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 12.0mm
Width: 127.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 149g
Pages: 192
About the Author
Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) was one of the great writers of the twentieth century, as well as a translator and lepidopterist. His works include, from the Russian novels, The Luzhin Defense and The Gift; from the English novels, Lolita, Pnin, Pale Fire and Ada; the autobiographical Speak, Memory; translations of Alice in Wonderland into Russian and Eugene Onegin into English; and lectures on literature. All of the fiction and Speak, Memory are published in Penguin.
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