Author: Vladimir Nabokov
Year: 1929
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Fiction, Classic
Culture: Russia
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9780679727224
9780141185989
0679727221
0141185988 |
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A chilling story of obsession and madness. Luzhin, a distracted, withdrawn boy, takes up chess as a refuge from everyday life. As he rises to the heights of grandmaster, the game of chess gradually supplants the world of reality as he moves inexorably towards madness.
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