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Item Details
Title:
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INVITATION TO A BEHEADING
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By: |
Vladimir Nabokov |
Format: |
Hardback |
List price:
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£20.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
0141196971 |
ISBN 13: |
9780141196978 |
Publisher: |
PENGUIN BOOKS LTD |
Pub. date: |
1 March, 2012 |
Pages: |
256 |
Description: |
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. |
Synopsis: |
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'. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Penguin Classics |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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