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The Defense (Paperback): Vladimir Nabokov

The Defense (Paperback)

Vladimir Nabokov; Translated by Michael Scammell

Series: Modern Classics

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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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Imprint: Penguin Classics
Series: Modern Classics
Release date: February 2025
Authors: Vladimir Nabokov
Translators: Michael Scammell
Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 978-0-241-72048-6
Categories: Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction
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LSN: 0-241-72048-6
Barcode: 9780241720486

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