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Nabokov's third novel, The 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 As a young boy, Luzhin was unattractive, distracted, withdrawn, sullen--an enigma to his parents and an object of ridicule to his classmates.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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- Title The Luzhin Defense
- Author Vladimir Nabokov
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reissue
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1990-08-11
- ISBN 9780679727224 / 0679727221
- Weight 0.43 lbs (0.20 kg)
- Dimensions 8.06 x 5.36 x 0.59 in (20.47 x 13.61 x 1.50 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Russia, Man-woman relationships
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 89040546
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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