The defense

a novel

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Vladimir Nabokov: The defense (1964)

256 pages

English language

Published Jan. 4, 1964

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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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