The Luzhin Defense
Vladimir Nabokov
Nabokov's third novel, The Luzhin 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 As a young boy, Luzhin was unattractive, distracted, withdrawn, sullen--an enigma to his parents and an object of ridicule to his classmates.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.
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Año:
2011
Editorial:
Vintage
Idioma:
english
Páginas:
272
ISBN 10:
0307787559
ISBN 13:
9780307787552
Archivo:
EPUB, 2.19 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2011