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The Luzhin Defense

by Vladimir Nabokov

1930 · romance · adult

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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.

Set in

  • ★
    Berlin · Germany
    chess genius émigré setting
    ★ primary

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