La Defensa

by Vladimir Nabokov

Overview

El descubrimiento del ajedrez supone para Luzhin la revelación de un orden de impecable armonía en el que refugiarse de su desdichada adolescencia y desarrollar una brillante carrera como campeón, que acabará convirtiéndose en una peligrosa obsesión que absorbe cada minuto de su vida y amenaza su estabilidad emocional.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788433960337
Publisher:	Anagrama
Publication date:	08/15/2018
Edition description:	Spanish-language Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Language:	Spanish

About the Author

Born in Russia, Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) had a penchant for writing about the tragic and the taboo in his books, especially the still-controversial Lolita. In 1919, his family left Russia for Western Europe, and eventually settled in the United States. Although his first works were written in Russian, he became famous for his novels like Pale Fire that he wrote in English. Nabokov's erudite, inventive approach to writing — buttressed by his formidable academic and cultural intellect — made him a literary legend.

Date of Birth:

April 23, 1899

Date of Death:

July 2, 1977

Place of Birth:

St. Petersburg, Russia

Place of Death:

Montreux, Switzerland

Education:

Trinity College, Cambridge, 1922