Opis: The Defense - Vladimir Nabokov

Nabokov's early novel about a chess-playing genius, reissuing in Modern Classics as part of the Nabokov relaunch

Vladimir Nabokov's 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 Defense is the book that, of his early works, Nabokov felt 'contains and diffuses the greatest warmth'.

Szczegóły: The Defense - Vladimir Nabokov

Tytuł: The Defense
Autor: Vladimir Nabokov
Wydawnictwo: Penguin Books
Seria: Penguin Modern Classics
ISBN: 9780241720486
Języki: angielski
Rok wydania: 2025
Ilość stron: 181
Format: 12.6x19.6cm
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.146 kg

Recenzje: The Defense - Vladimir Nabokov