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100 1 _aNabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich,
_d1899-1977.
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240 1 0 _aZashchita Luzhina.
_lEnglish
245 1 4 _aThe defense :
_ba novel /
_cby Vladimir Nabokov ; translated by Michael Scammell in collaboration with the author.
250 _a1st Vintage International ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bVintage Books,
_c1990.
300 _a256 ;
_c21 cm.
440 0 _aVintage international
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500 _a"Originally published by G.P. Putnam's Sons in 1964."
500 _a"This work appeared originally in The New yorker."
500 _aTranslation of: Zashchita Luzhina.
520 _aAs a young boy, Luzhin was unattractive, distracted, withdrawn, sullen--an enigma to his parents and an object of ridicule to his classmates.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.
650 0 _aChess
_vFiction.
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700 1 _aScammell, Michael.
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