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| Genre/Form: | Fiction |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977. Defense. New York : Vintage Books, 1990 (OCoLC)619593559 |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov; Michael Scammell |
| ISBN: | 0679727221 9780679727224 |
| OCLC Number: | 21231988 |
| Notes: | Translation of: Zashchita Luzhina. "Originally published by G.P. Putnam's Sons in 1964." "This work appeared originally in The New yorker." |
| Description: | 256 ; 21 cm. |
| Series Title: | Vintage international |
| Other Titles: | Zashchita Luzhina. |
| Responsibility: | by Vladimir Nabokov ; translated by Michael Scammell in collaboration with the author. |
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Abstract:
As a young boy, Luzhin was unattractive, distracted, withdrawn, sullen--an enigma to his parents and an object of ridicule to his classmates.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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