false 8153 21 1090182 1961 The Defense total:932|5:228|4:378|3:266|2:54|1:6| 932 3564 1264 64 8153 0679727221 9780679727224 888 56 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165653249m/8153.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8153.The_Defense 5 1 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1997 Mon Sep 24 21:19:42 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 22:06:21 -0700 2007
" .. that place where parallel lines go out of their mind and intersect."

This is my favorite work by Nabokov - I first encountered this in a course entitled "The Irrational in Russian Literature." To see how extreme rat...more...]]> 8153 0679727221 9780679727224 888 56 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165653249m/8153.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8153.The_Defense 5 1 false Mon Oct 29 12:52:52 -0700 2007 Sat Feb 16 12:25:49 -0800 2008 Ada-Lolita-Pale Fire triumverate, but above the weaker vassels* like Mary & The Enchanter. I know many people who let this book reign over all his others. And I can see wh...more...]]> 8153 0679727221 9780679727224 888 56 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165653249m/8153.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8153.The_Defense 4 1 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1975 Thu Nov 20 03:37:48 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 03:39:11 -0800 2008 2 If you are a chessplayer, like me, you simply have to read this book. No one else has even come close to describing chess obsession from the inside. The style is, needless to say, impeccable.]]> 8153 0679727221 9780679727224 888 56 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165653249m/8153.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8153.The_Defense 5 0 false Tue Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 1975 Mon Jan 12 20:40:50 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 20:40:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1147862 3499225506 9783499225505 5 1 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181404144m/1147862.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1147862.Lushins_Verteidigung_ 5 0 false Sat Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Sun Dec 14 00:25:51 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 00:25:51 -0800 2008 "Schönes" Buch aber deprimierend

Lushins Verteidigung ist eines der Frühwerke von Vladimir Nabokov. Völlig zu Recht wird dieses Werk als der Durchbruch des so eloquenten Russen angesehen. Bereits kurz nach dem Erscheinen dieses Buches wurde der Autor in eine Reihe mit Dostoj...more...]]> 8153 0679727221 9780679727224 888 56 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165653249m/8153.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8153.The_Defense 4 0 false Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 19:20:08 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 19:23:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 830633 0399500634 9780399500633 7 2 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1199763141m/830633.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/830633.The_Defense 4 0 false Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 17:22:17 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 21 09:03:47 -0800 2009
Nabokov has subtlety crafted a novel that is about writing a novel, yet is not outwardly reflexive. The writing is so skilled that without a careful eye you might miss the fact that Luzhin's obsession with chess is equal to a writers obsession with words. T...more...]]> 222579 0141185988 9780141185989 22 4 3.82 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222579.The_Luzhin_Defense 5 0 false Mon Dec 29 20:05:31 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 20:24:40 -0800 2008 more...]]> 8153 0679727221 9780679727224 888 56 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165653249m/8153.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8153.The_Defense 4 0 false Fri Dec 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 16:48:35 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 04 21:18:58 -0800 2009 Because Nabokov is amazing. The improvement from King Queen Knave is awe-inspiring. My childhood was filled with fleeting obsessions that would consu...more...]]> 8153 0679727221 9780679727224 888 56 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165653249m/8153.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8153.The_Defense 4 2 false Sun Dec 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jul 17 12:51:16 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 07 11:02:15 -0800 2009 Lolita, I knew that I'd need another book to feed my new addiction to Nabokov. Something I could read over and over. Something with his deliciously clever writing, minus the pedophilia. I had high hopes for The Defense and I enjoyed the book, but didn't quite find what I was looking fo...more...]]> 8153 0679727221 9780679727224 888 56 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165653249m/8153.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8153.The_Defense 4 0 false Mon Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 23:52:23 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 00:14:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 8153 0679727221 9780679727224 888 56 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165653249m/8153.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8153.The_Defense 4 0 false Tue Mar 10 18:21:23 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 18:50:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 8153 0679727221 9780679727224 888 56 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165653249m/8153.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8153.The_Defense 3 0 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 31 09:59:30 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 06 15:25:11 -0800 2007 more...]]> 8153 0679727221 9780679727224 888 56 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165653249m/8153.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8153.The_Defense 0 0 false Wed Jun 10 17:42:46 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 17:45:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 222579 0141185988 9780141185989 22 4 3.82 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222579.The_Luzhin_Defense 3 0 false Sat Dec 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 19:27:01 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 01:24:49 -0800 2008
His dissection of Russian emigre culture in Berlin is fascinating. Apparently, Nabokov lived in Berlin once upon...more...]]> 8153 0679727221 9780679727224 888 56 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165653249m/8153.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8153.The_Defense 3 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Oct 18 09:25:49 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 01 08:53:25 -0800 2008
The reason for that is admirable, I think, in that it seems to be exploring the mind of someone incredibly unstable and, because of that, the book...more...]]> 8153 0679727221 9780679727224 888 56 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165653249m/8153.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8153.The_Defense 2 0 false Mon Mar 03 20:53:32 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 22 23:25:32 -0700 2008
Since most of the book we are with Luzhin but not within Luzhin we see seldom of what he...more...]]> 8153 0679727221 9780679727224 888 56 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165653249m/8153.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8153.The_Defense 3 0 false Wed Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 10:09:20 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 15:12:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 8153 0679727221 9780679727224 888 56 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165653249m/8153.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8153.The_Defense 3 0 false Wed Jan 09 16:49:59 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 09 17:18:06 -0800 2008 more...]]> 8153 0679727221 9780679727224 888 56 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165653249m/8153.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8153.The_Defense 4 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Jan 01 14:51:34 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 14:53:20 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1771041