233 pages
Russian language
Published Nov. 8, 1930 by Slovo.
233 pages
Russian language
Published Nov. 8, 1930 by Slovo.
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.