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The Luzhin Defense

» Vladimir Nabokov

Translator - Michael Scammell

Penguin Classics
Paperback : 29 Jun 2000

£12.00

Synopsis

Nabokov said of his chess-playing genius Luzhin, that despite his coarseness and grubby plainness, he is a lovable creation. Discovering his prodigious gift in boyhood, 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'.

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Customer Review: 23 October 2008

Reviewer: Montana

'This was the first of Nabokov''s books I read. Fantastic. Nobody creates obsessions better than "V. Sirin". '

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Critic Review:

‘Nabokov twins technical brilliance with an undismissable appeal to the emotions’ Daily Telegraph

‘Metaphor and matter merge … astoundingly and beautifully’ John Updike

Product details

Format : Paperback
ISBN: 9780141185989
Size : 129 x 198mm
Pages : 192
Published : 29 Jun 2000
Publisher : Penguin Classics

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The Luzhin Defense

» Vladimir Nabokov

Translator - Michael Scammell

£12.00

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