Invitation to a beheading
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223 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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First edition in English
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"Published simultaneously in the Dominion of Canada by Longmans, Green& Company, Toronto."
Citation/References
Juliar, Michael. Vladimir Nabokov, a descriptive bibliography,,A16.2
Description
In an unnamed dream country, the young man Cincinnatus C. is condemned to death by beheading for "gnostical turpitude," an imaginary crime that defies definition. Cincinnatus spends his last days in an absurd jail, where he is visited by chimerical jailers, an executioner who masquerades as a fellow prisoner, and by his in-laws, who lug their furniture with them into his cell. When Cincinnatus is led out to be executed, he simply wills his executioners out of existence: they disappear, along with the whole world they inhabit
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Nabokov, V. V. (1959). Invitation to a beheading . G.P. Putnam's Sons.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977. 1959. Invitation to a Beheading. G.P. Putnam's Sons.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977. Invitation to a Beheading G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1959.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich. Invitation to a Beheading G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1959.
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