Invitation to a Beheading
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| Verlag | Penguin Books UK |
| Auflage | 2016 |
| Seiten | 192 |
| Format | 13,3 x 20 x 1,1 cm |
| Gewicht | 146 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| Reihe | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Übersetzer | Dimitri Nabokov |
| ISBN-10 | 0141185600 |
| EAN | 9780141185606 |
| Bestell-Nr | 14118560EA |
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.
Klappentext:
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'.
