Invitation to a Beheading

Invitation to a Beheading

by Vladimir Nabokov

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 1989 · 240 pages

In a world where reality bends to the whims of the absurd, a young man faces execution for a crime that is no crime at all. Condemned to beheading for "gnostical turpitude," Cincinnatus C. finds himself imprisoned in a surreal landscape populated by illogical jailers and specters of his own life. Nabokov masterfully crafts a chilling, darkly comic exploration of existential dread and the power of perception, perfect for readers who relish philosophical puzzles and disorienting narratives.

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