Invitation to a Beheading

Invitation to a Beheading

By Vladimir Nabokov

Pages

192

Rating

3.92

Year

1935

DystopiaFictionClassicsLiteratureRussiaNovels

Description

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 find out when 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 a man may carry to his death.

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