An edition of Zashchita Luzhina (1930)

The Defense

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An edition of Zashchita Luzhina (1930)

The Defense

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

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.

Publish Date
Publisher
Putnam
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
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
May 11, 1970, Perigee Trade
in English
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The Defense
1964, Putnam
in English
Cover of: The defense
The defense
1964, Popular Library
in English
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Lushins Verteidigung. Roman
Publisher unknown
perfect paperback
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Book Details

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New York

Edition Notes

Translation Of
Zashchita Luzhina
Translated From
Russian

Contributors

Author
Michael Scammell

The Physical Object

Pagination
256 p. ;
Number of pages
256

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL19111082M
Internet Archive
defense00nabo

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October 10, 2020 Edited by Lisa Added new cover
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October 21, 2008 Created by ImportBot Imported from University of Toronto MARC record.