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portada La defensa (in Spanish)
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Collection
COMPACTOS
Year
2018
Language
Spanish
Pages
264
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
21 x 14 cm
ISBN13
9788433960337
Edited in
España
Edition No.
1
Categories

La defensa (in Spanish)

Vladimir Nabokov (Author) · ANAGRAMA · Paperback

La defensa (in Spanish) - Nabokov, Vladimir

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Synopsis "La defensa (in Spanish)"

A pesar de su aspecto grosero y desaseado, carente por completo de gracia, el gran maestro Luzhin, protagonista de esta novela, ha sido considerado por muchos como uno de los más encantadores personajes nabokovianos. El descubrimiento del ajedrez supone para el gran maestro Luzhin, protagonista de esta novela, la revelación de un orden de impecable armonía donde encontrar refugio contra las tribulaciones de su desdichada adolescencia. A partir de ese momento da comienzo su brillante carrera como campeón en ese juego, que pronto se convierte en una obsesión que absorbe su vida por completo. Luzhin comprende, demasiado tarde, que tal obsesión amenaza con destruirlo y que el instrumento escogido como defensa contra el desorden y los agravios del mundo es también un arma que finalmente se vuelve contra él mismo, hallándolo en la más patética indefensión.
Vladimir Nabokov
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Vladimir Nabokov was born in Saint Petersburg into an aristocratic family in 1899, but his family background first, and later his personal interests, took him to Germany, England, France, and the United States, where he began a brilliant career as a poet, novelist, critic, and translator, while teaching Literature at several prestigious universities. His novels Mary (1926), King, Queen, Knave (1928), The Defense (1930), Glory (1932), Laughter in the Dark (1933), Despair and The Gift (both from 1934), Invitation to a Beheading (1938), The Eye (1937), The Enchanter (1939), The Real Life of Sebastian Knight (1941) and Ultima Thule (1942) preceded the monumental success of Lolita (1955) which allowed him to leave teaching and fully dedicate himself to his writing vocation. Later came Pnin (1957), Pale Fire (1962), Ada or Ardor (1969), Transparent Things (1972), Look at the Harlequins! (1974). Among his non-fiction works, his autobiography Speak, Memory (1951) and literary essays such as Nikolai Gogol (1944) or his courses on European literature, on Don Quixote or on Russian literature stand out. In 1961, he moved to Switzerland, where he died in 1977. In 2009, his son Dmitri agreed to the publication of his unfinished novel, The Original of Laura.
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John Fredy Ospina Bonilla Sunday, December 13, 2020
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Buen día, el libro fue un regalo para mi esposa, está encantada con el, gracias.

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 Ruth Quiro Sunday, November 05, 2023
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La mejor obra de este autor. Gracias

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