An edition of Zashchita Luzhina (1930)

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The defense
Vladimir Nabokov
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An edition of Zashchita Luzhina (1930)

The defense

a novel

by

  • ★★★ ★ 3.60 ·
  • 5 Ratings
  • 16 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 6 Have read

The tragic story of a chess master's disintegration in spite of his devoted wife's attempts to save him.

Publish Date
Publisher
Capricorn Books
Language
English
Pages
256

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Subjects
Fiction, romance, general, Russian fiction, Translations into English, English fiction, Translations from Russian, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Chess, Fiction, Humor, Lyrik, Universidad Sergio Arboleda
Times
chess novel, Russin novel

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Cover of: The defense
The defense: a novel
1990, Vintage Books
in English - 1st Vintage International ed.
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Cover of: The Defence (Twentieth Century Classics)
The Defence (Twentieth Century Classics)
October 1986, Oxford University Press
in English
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Cover of: The defense
The defense: a novel
1970, Capricorn Books
in English
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The Defense
May 11, 1970, Perigee Trade
in English
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The defense
1964, Popular Library
in English
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The Defense
1964, Putnam
in English
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Lushins Verteidigung. Roman
Publisher unknown
perfect paperback
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Edition Notes

Translation of: Zashchita Luzhina.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Library of Congress
PG3476.N3 Z313 1970, PG3476.N3 Z2413 1964, PZ3.N121 Dc

The Physical Object

Pagination
256 p.
Number of pages
256

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL21265491M
ISBN 10
0399500634
LCCN
64013017
OCLC/WorldCat
219850078, 15385106, 70864043
Library Thing
64633
Goodreads
830633

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Work Description

Originally published in Russian in 1930. Nabokov released an English translation in 1964. The novel is a fictionalized account of chess master, Curt von Bardeleben. The book was made into the movie, The Luzhin Defense in 2000.

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