| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Series |
Vintage International.
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| Summary |
Nabokov's third novel, The Defense, is a chilling story of obsession and madness. As a young boy, Luzhin was unattractive, distracted, withdrawn, sullen--an enigma to his parents and an object of ridicule to his classmates. He takes up chess as a refuge from the anxiety of his everyday life. His talent is prodigious and he rises to the rank of grandmaster--but at a cost: in Luzhin' s obsessive mind, the game of chess gradually supplants the world of reality. His own world falls apart during a crucial championship match, when the intricate defense he has devised withers under his opponent's unexpected and unpredictabke lines of assault.From the Trade Paperback edition. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. New York : Vintage, 2011. Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 2033 KB) or Kobo app or compatible Kobo device (file size: N/A KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB). |
| Note |
GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Fiction.
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Classic Literature.
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Literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Original 9780679727224 |
| ISBN |
9780307787552 electronic bk |
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