The Luzhin Defense

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By (author): "Michael Scammell, Vladimir Nabokov"
Genres:Fiction books  Classics books  Russia books  Russian Literature books  Chess books  
Publish Date: 1930
The Luzhin Defense
ISBN0679727221
ISBN139780679727224
AsinThe Luzhin Defense
CharactersAleksandr Ivanovich Luzhin, Turati, Valentinov, Ivan Luzhin
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A chilling story of obsession and madness. Luzhin, a distracted, withdrawn boy, takes up chess as a refuge from everyday life. As he rises to the heights of grandmaster, the game of chess gradually supplants the world of reality as he moves inexorably towards madness.