An edition of Zashchita Luzhina (1930)

The Defence (Twentieth Century Classics)

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An edition of Zashchita Luzhina (1930)

The Defence (Twentieth Century Classics)

by

  • ★★★ ★ 3.60 ·
  • 5 Ratings
  • 15 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 6 Have read

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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Oxford University Press
Language
English
Pages
200

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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
Times
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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The defense
1964, Popular Library
in English
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The Defense
1964, Putnam
in English
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Lushins Verteidigung. Roman
Publisher unknown
perfect paperback
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Library of Congress
PG3476.N3

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7383707M
Internet Archive
defence0000nabo
ISBN 10
0192820281
ISBN 13
9780192820280
LCCN
86016405
OCLC/WorldCat
13860983
Library Thing
64633
Goodreads
1103261

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