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The Luzhin Defense
Vladimir Nabokov
- Penguin Modern Classics
Vladimir Nabokov''s early novel is the dazzling story of the coarse, strange yet oddly endearing chess-playing genius Luzhin. Discovering his prodigious gift in boyhood and rising to the rank of International Grandmaster, Luzhin develops a lyrical passion for chess that renders the real world a phantom. As he confronts the fiery, swift-swooping Italian Grandmaster Turati, he brings into play his carefully devised defence.
ISBN 9780141185989 | EN | PB
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| Publisher | Penguin Modern Classics |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9780141185989 |
| Publication date | January 2016 |
| Edition | Paperback |
| Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
| Pages | 192 |
| Language(s) | English ed. |
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Vladimir Nabokov''s early novel is the dazzling story of the coarse, strange yet oddly endearing chess-playing genius Luzhin. Discovering his prodigious gift in boyhood and rising to the rank of International Grandmaster, Luzhin develops a lyrical passion for chess that renders the real world a phantom. As he confronts the fiery, swift-swooping Italian Grandmaster Turati, he brings into play his carefully devised defence. Making masterly play of metaphor and imagery, The Luzhin Defense is the book that, of his early works, Nabokov felt ''contains and diffuses the greatest warmth''.