201 pages
English language
Published Nov. 8, 1967 by Panther.
201 pages
English language
Published Nov. 8, 1967 by Panther.
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.