LUZHIN DEFENSE Y
Beschreibung:
Nabokovs third novel, The Luzhin 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 As a young boy, Luzhin was unattractive, distracted, withdrawn, sullen - an enigma to his parents and an object of ridicule to his classmates.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 Luzhins 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 opponents unexpected and unpredictable lines of assault. "Nabokov writes prose the only way it should be written, that is, ecstatically." - John Updike
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