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Luzhin Defense by Vladimir Nabokov (1990, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

ISBN-100679727221

ISBN-139780679727224

eBay Product ID (ePID)127308571

Product Key Features

Book TitleLuzhin Defense

Number of Pages272 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1990

TopicPsychological, Classics, Literary

GenreFiction

AuthorVladimir Nabokov

Book SeriesVintage International Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight8 Oz

Item Length7.9 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN89-040546

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal813.5/4

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 As a young boy, Luzhin was unattractive, distracted, withdrawn, sullen--an enigma to his parents and an object of ridicule to his classmates.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

LC Classification NumberPG3476.N3Z2413 1990