"Invitation to a Beheading" by Vladimir Nabokov. *****

●  Audiobook
●  Russian author
●  Originally published in 1935
●  Review:  Nabokov's prose is uniquely beautiful.  It reaches right into my soul,  and nestles in forever.  This novel is a Kafkaesque tale taking the reader into the psyche of a man condemned to death by beheading.  It is only through the freedom of imagination, which cannot be chained, that Cincinnatus, the protagonist,  is able to escape his cell temporarily while he tries to find meaning in his life.  As the reader, I  had to allow myself to let go of any expectation of structure or reality and soar into the world with the prisoner's imaginings. A marvelous reading experience!