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Invitation to a Beheading

Vladimir Nabokov (1959)

SubgenreSword & Sorcery
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age18+
Goodreads3.92

Content levels

ViolenceStrong
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Hero archetypes

ExileOutcast / Loner

Synopsis

A surreal story about a man who has been sentenced to death by beheading for the crime of "gnostical turpitude."

Tags

Literary FantasyPhilosophical FictionDystopianSurrealismAllegory