The defence: a novel
Vladimir Nabokov, translated by Michael Scammell in collaboration, the author [author, Vladimir Nabokov, translated by Michael Scammell in collaboration, the]
Product 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 As a young boy, Luzhin was unattractive, distracted, withdrawn, sullen--an enigma to his parents and an object of ridicule to his classmates.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 NotesText: English (translation)
Original Language: Russian
년:
1964
출판사:
London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, c1964, 1969 printing.
언어:
english
ISBN 10:
0297179969
ISBN 13:
9780297179962
파일:
EPUB, 206 KB
IPFS:
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english, 1964