The Luzhin Defense
Vladimir NabokovNabokov'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 As a young boy, Luzhin was unattractive, distracted, withdrawn, sullen--an enigma to his parents and an object of ridicule to his classmates.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.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
카테고리:
년:
2011
출판사:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
언어:
english
파일:
EPUB, 1.99 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2011