Invitation to a Beheading

NABOKOV, Vladimir

Verlag: NY: Putnam, 1959

Beschreibung

First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A superior copy, the white jacket is in much nicer than usual condition. The novel is often described as Kafkaesque, but Nabokov claimed that at the time he wrote the book, he was unfamiliar with German and "completely ignorant" of Franz Kafka's work. Nabokov interrupted his work on The Gift in order to write Invitation to a Beheading, describing the creation of the first draft as "one fortnight of wonderful excitement and sustained inspiration." Some scholars have argued that the central plot of Invitation to a Beheading has its roots in Chernyshevski, a character from The Gift. Another view is that the novel functions as a roman à clef with the Platonic Socrates as its target. While Nabokov stated in an interview that of all his novels, he held the greatest affection for Lolita, it was for Invitation to a Beheading that he held the greatest "esteem". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 414

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Invitation to a Beheading

Verlag: NY: Putnam

Erscheinungsdatum: 1959

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine

Auflage: 1st Edition