Vladimir NabokovVezi magazinul LibrisWritten 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'.
