Invitation to a Beheading
Vladimir Nabokov
192 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0141185600
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Language: English
Publish: 1438585200000
20th CenturyClassicsDystopiaFantasyFictionLiterary FictionLiteratureNovelsRussiaRussian Literature
Cincinnatus, unable to fit into the world around him, has been reported to the authorities and sentenced to death for his strange, unrecognizable nature. Exploring the prison cell as he counts down his final days, Cincinnatus cannot even find out when the moment of his execution will occur, and is troubled by the lack of control a condemned man has over his own life.
Witty, satirical and nightmarish, Invitation to a Beheading creates a dystopian and fantastical world of political punishment, identity and the unusual hope of a man may carry to his death.