An edition of Защита Лужина (1930)

The Luzhin Defense (Penguin Modern Classics)

by Vladimir Nabokov

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An edition of Защита Лужина (1930)

The Luzhin Defense (Penguin Modern Classics)

by Vladimir Nabokov

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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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June 29, 2000

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Penguin Books Ltd

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272

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1 The Luzhin Defense (Penguin Modern Classics) June 29, 2000, Penguin Books Ltd 0141185988 9780141185989	aaaa Locate
2 The defense: a novel 1990, Vintage Books in English - 1st Vintage International ed. 0679727221 9780679727224	eeee Preview Only Preview Book ×Close
3 The Defence (Twentieth Century Classics) October 1986, Oxford University Press in English and Russian 0192820281 9780192820280	cccc Borrow Listen Locate
4 The Defense May 11, 1970, Perigee Trade in English 0399500634 9780399500633	cccc Borrow Listen Locate
5 The defense 1964, Popular Library Paperback in English and Russian	cccc Borrow Listen Locate
6 The Defense 1964, Putnam in English	cccc Borrow Listen Locate
7 Lushins Verteidigung. Roman Publisher unknown perfect paperback 3499400626 9783499400629	cccc Borrow Listen Locate