The defense : a novel / by Vladimir Nabokov ; translated by Michael Scammell in collaboration with the author.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Russian Series: Vintage internationalPublication details: New York : Vintage Books, 1990.Edition: 1st Vintage International edDescription: 256 ; 21 cmISBN:- 0679727221 :
- 9780679727224
- Zashchita Luzhina. English
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | Fiction | Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich | Checked out | 06/24/2024 | 33111005473190 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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As a young boy, Luzhin was unattractive, distracted, withdrawn, sullen--an enigma to his parents and an object of ridicule to his classmates.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.
"Originally published by G.P. Putnam's Sons in 1964."
"This work appeared originally in The New yorker."
Translation of: Zashchita Luzhina.
As a young boy, Luzhin was unattractive, distracted, withdrawn, sullen--an enigma to his parents and an object of ridicule to his classmates.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.