{"product_id":"invitation-to-a-beheading-1","title":"Invitation to a Beheading","description":"Like Kafka's The Castle, Invitation to a Beheading embodies a vision of a bizarre and irrational world.\n\nIn 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.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0679725318\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0679725318.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Nabokov, Vladimir\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41657772965946,"sku":"DBV.0679725318.A","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0679725318-0_0c9c9e7c-4935-47ce-bd57-3970f9423df7.jpg?v=1789617427","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/invitation-to-a-beheading-1","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}