Invitation to a Beheading

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9780141185606 Author(s): Vladimir Nabokov Format: Paperback Language: English Year: 2001 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Pages: 192 Series: Penguin Modern Classics

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 writerWritten 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'.

BUYER OFFERS: We are a retail store with set pricing and unfortunately we can\t fulfil any requests to sell items for less than the listed price.