Invitation to a beheading : a novel
Nabokov, Vladimir, 1899-19772001
Book
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'.
Main title:
Invitation to a beheading : a novel / by Vladimir Nabokov ; translated from the Russian by Dmitri Nabokov.
Author:
Nabokov, Vladimir, 1899-1977, authorNabokov, Dmitri, translator
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2001.©1960
Collation:
192 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
This translation originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1960.Translation from the Russian.
ISBN:
97801411856069780141185606 (paperback)
Dewey class:
891.7342
Language:
EnglishRussian
Subject:
BRN:
57827
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathleen Syme Carlton | Fiction | NABO | On loan - Due: 07 Jul 2026 |