Invitation to a Beheading A Novel - Penguin Classics

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'.

ISBN:	9780141185606
Publisher:	Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:	Penguin Classics
Published date:	26 Apr 2001
DEWEY:	891.7342
DEWEY edition:	21
Language:	English
Number of pages:	190
Weight:	150g
Height:	168mm
Width:	195mm
Spine width:	15mm

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