Defense (Nabokov Collection Ii)
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"This kind of love is destined to be destructive." The author of "Lolita" and the novel master Nabokov's masterpiece, the passion, intoxication, madness and fall of a chess genius, using scalpel-like precision to write about the hidden corners behind the genius boy. "Defense" is a masterpiece of Nabokov's novels recognized by the 20th century novel master. It tells the story of a genius boy who gradually becomes insane due to his long-term addiction to chess games. Passion, intoxication, madness and decline are the themes throughout the novel. The protagonist Luzhin was an unattractive, withdrawn and melancholic child when he was a child. Real life always made him feel anxious, so he used chess as a refuge to escape from real life. It turned out that he was a chess genius and became a chess master. However, he also paid a price for this: the chess game gradually replaced his real life, and his real life became a dream. Nabokov devoted great enthusiasm to this early work, outlining the hidden corners behind the aura of genius with anatomical precision.
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