Защита Лужина by Vladimir Nabokov
A socially awkward chess prodigy builds his entire identity around the game, rises through the competitive world while being used and managed by others, and when he attempts to leave chess for an ordinary life and love he finds that the rigid abstractions that protected him instead trap him; unable to reconcile his inner chessboard with human relationships and everyday reality, his fragile psyche collapses, with haunting consequences.
- Published
- 1930
- Nationality
- Russian
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 160-200
- Original Language
- Russian
- Avg User Rating
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(5.0)
- Alternate Titles
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- The Defense
- The Luzhin Defense
- Zashchita Lujina
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