The Luzhin Defense

Name: The Luzhin Defense
Brand: Vintage Publishing
SKU: 9780679727224
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A Novel

Autor: Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokvov, Michael Scammell

Język:

Oprawa: Miękka

Wydawca: Vintage Publishing

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Nabokov's third novel, The Luzhin Defense, is a chilling story of obsession and madness. As a young...

Informacje o książce

Autor

Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokvov, Michael Scammell

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Miękka

Data wydania

1990

strony

272

EAN

9780679727224

ISBN

0679727221

Enbook ID

11010385

Wydawca

Vintage Publishing

Waga

227

Wymiary

133 x 210 x 19

Pełny opis

Nabokov's third novel, The Luzhin Defense, is a chilling story of obsession and madness. As a young boy, Luzhin was unattractive, distracted, withdrawn, sullen--an enigma to his parents and an object of ridicule to his classmates. He takes up chess as a refuge from the anxiety of his everyday life. His talent is prodigious and he rises to the rank of grandmaster--but at a cost: in Luzhin' s obsessive mind, the game of chess gradually supplants the world of reality. His own world falls apart during a crucial championship match, when the intricate defense he has devised withers under his opponent's unexpected and unpredictabke lines of assault.

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