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The Luzhin defense

Vladimir Nabokov ; translated by Michael Scammell in collaboration with the author

(Penguin twentieth-century classics)

Penguin, 1994, c1964

  • : pbk

Other Title

Защита Лужина

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Note

First published: London : G.P. Putnam's, 1964

Afterword copyright dated, 1983

Description and Table of Contents

Description

One of the major novels by Vladimir Nabokov, originally entitled "The Defense". The afterword is written by John Updike. The novel features a chess-playing genius Luzhin who discovers his gift in boyhood, rising to the rank of Grandmaster.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA24148790
  • ISBN
    • 0140187324
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    rus
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    266 p.
  • Size
    20 cm
  • Classification
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