Luzhin Defense

Name: Luzhin Defense
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780679727224

ISBN-10: 0679727221

ISBN-13: 9780679727224

Edition: N/A

Authors: Vladimir Nabokov

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 As a young boy, Luzhin was unattractive, distracted, withdrawn, sullen--an enigma to his parents and an object of ridicule to his classmates.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

Book details

List price: $18.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/11/1990
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.19" wide x 7.90" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.484