The Defense (Vintage International)
The Defense (Vintage International)
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Book Description
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 As a young boy, Luzhin was unattractive,  distracted, withdrawn, sullen--an enigma to his parents and an object of ridicule to his classmates.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.
Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Russian
The Defense (Vintage International)
The Defense (Vintage International),Vladimir Nabokov,Vintage,0679727221,Fiction,Literary,Literature - Classics / Criticism,Russian Novel And Short Story,Fiction / Literary,Modern fiction
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