An edition of Защита Лужина (1930)

The Defense

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An edition of Защита Лужина (1930)

The Defense

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Originally published in Russian in 1930. Nabokov released an English translation in 1964. The novel is a fictionalized account of chess master, Curt von Bardeleben. The book was made into the movie, The Luzhin Defense in 2000.

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Publisher
Putnam
Language
English
Pages
256

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Subjects

Fiction, romance, general, Russian fiction, Translations into English, English fiction, Translations from Russian, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Chess, Fiction, Humor, Lyrik, Universidad Sergio Arboleda, Chess players, Alienation (Social psychology)

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chess novel, Russin novel

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Cover of: The defense
The defense: a novel
1990, Vintage Books
in English - 1st Vintage International ed.
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Cover of: The Defence (Twentieth Century Classics)
The Defence (Twentieth Century Classics)
October 1986, Oxford University Press
in English
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Cover of: The Defense
The Defense
May 11, 1970, Perigee Trade
in English
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Cover of: The Defense
The Defense
1964, Putnam
in English
Cover of: The defense
The defense
1964, Popular Library
Paperback in English
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Cover of: Lushins Verteidigung. Roman
Lushins Verteidigung. Roman
Publisher unknown
perfect paperback
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Edition Notes

Published in
New York
Translation Of
Zashchita Luzhina
Translated From
Russian

Contributors

Author
Michael Scammell

The Physical Object

Pagination
256 p. ;
Number of pages
256

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL19111082M
Internet Archive
defense00nabo

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