The Defense

By Vladimir Nabokov | Category: Literature and Fiction books | DMCA

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 As a young boy, Luzhin was unattractive, distracted, withdrawn, sullen--an enigma to his parents and an object of ridicule to his classmates.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 obs...

Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Vintage; 1st edition (August 11, 1990)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0679727221
ISBN-13: 978-0679727224
Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.8 x 8 inches
Amazon Rank: 182997
Format: PDF Text TXT book

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This was my first Nabokov novel, read for a class focused on his works. As a translation of the original Russian text undergone by the author himself (along with his son), I am confident in assuming that this is as faithful a representation of an aut...

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