The Luzhin Defense by Vladimir Nabokov (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Luzhin Defense by Vladimir Nabokov, Michael Scammell Discovering his prodigious gift in boyhood and rising to the rank of International Grandmaster, Luzhin develops a lyrical passion for chess. As he confronts the fiery, swift-swooping Italian Grandmaster Turati, he brings into play his carefully devised defence. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Nabokovs early novel about a chess-playing genius, reissuing in Modern Classics as part of the Nabokov relaunchVladimir Nabokovs 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 Luzhin Defense is the book that, of his early works, Nabokov felt contains and diffuses the greatest warmth. Author Biography Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), born in St Petersburg, exiled in Cambridge, Berlin, and Paris, became the greatest Russian writer of the first half of the twentieth century. Fleeing to the US with his family in 1940, he then became the greatest writer in English of the second half of the century, and even Gods own novelist (William Deresiewicz). He lived in Europe from 1959 onwards, and died in Montreux, Switzerland. All his major works - novels, stories, an autobiography, poems, plays, lectures, essays and reviews - are published in Penguin Modern Classics. Details ISBN0141185988 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 2000 Translator Michael Scammell ISBN-10 0141185988 ISBN-13 9780141185989 Format Paperback Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from Russian Author Michael Scammell Media Book Birth 1899 Death 1977 Pages 192 Short Title LUZHIN DEFENSE Residence St. Petersburg, RUR Series Penguin Modern Classics Imprint Penguin Classics Language English DEWEY FIC Publication Date 2000-06-29 UK Release Date 2000-06-29 AU Release Date 2000-06-29 NZ Release Date 2000-06-29 Alternative 9780718192891 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:627160;

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