The Defense
by Vladimir Nabokov
Title:
The Defense
Author:
Vladimir Nabokov
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
192 pages
Publisher:
TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale
ISBN-13:
9780241720486
EAN:
9780241720486
Classifications:
Classic and Biographical
Weight (g):
266
Dimensions (mm):
197 x 129 x 12
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Price:£8.24
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Description
Vladimir Nabokov's early novel is the dazzling story of the coarse, strange yet oddly endearing chess-playing genius Luzhin.Discovering his prodigious gift in boyhood and rising to the rank of International Grandmaster, Luzhin develops a lyrical passion for chess that renders the real world a phantom. As he confronts the fiery, swift-swooping Italian Grandmaster Turati, he brings into play his carefully devised defence. Making masterly play of metaphor and imagery, The Defense is the book that, of his early works, Nabokov felt 'contains and diffuses the greatest warmth'.
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