{"product_id":"la-defensa-tienda","title":"The defense","description":"\u003ch5\u003eOur Review\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"9\"\u003eIf Stefan Zweig made your heart race with \"\u003ci\u003eThe Royal Game\u003c\/i\u003e,\" \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"9\" data-index-in-node=\"61\"\u003eVladimir Nabokov\u003c\/b\u003e will blow your mind. Before writing \"\u003ci\u003eLolita\u003c\/i\u003e,\" Nabokov penned this gem (his third novel) where chess is not just a game, it's a pathology. The protagonist, Luzhin, is a socially maladjusted genius who only understands the world through the 64 squares of the chessboard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"9\"\u003eWhat's fascinating about this book is how Nabokov pulls you inside that mind: you reach a point where you, too, begin to see life as patterns of attack and defense, losing touch with reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"10\"\u003eIt's a demanding but hypnotic read, full of the author's typical \u003cem\u003ebutterfly\u003c\/em\u003e prose: beautiful, ironic, and cruel. At \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"10\" data-index-in-node=\"122\"\u003eCasa Drojan\u003c\/b\u003e, we recommend reading it right after Zweig's to see both sides of the same coin: survival vs. self-destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eBook Details\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-path-to-node=\"13\"\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"14\"\u003eLuzhin is a misunderstood and lonely child who finds in chess his refuge and his ruin. He quickly becomes a Grandmaster, a prodigy capable of seeing moves invisible to others. But the price of his gift is high: chess begins to invade his daily life. For Luzhin, social relationships, love, and the city itself transform into hostile moves from which he must protect himself. \u003ci\u003eThe Luzhin Defense\u003c\/i\u003e narrates his desperate struggle to find a strategy that will allow him to survive not only his opponents in the tournament, but life itself, which threatens to checkmate him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-path-to-node=\"15\"\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"16\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"16\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eVladimir Nabokov\u003c\/b\u003e (St. Petersburg, 1899 - Montreux, 1977) is one of the greatest stylists in world literature. Russian by birth and naturalized American, he wrote his first works in Russian (like this one) and later ones in English. A butterfly hunter, synesthetic, and literature professor, he is world-renowned for \u003ci\u003eLolita\u003c\/i\u003e, although many critics consider works such as \u003ci\u003ePale Fire\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eAda or Ardor\u003c\/i\u003e to be unsurpassed pinnacles of narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-path-to-node=\"17\"\u003eTechnical Specifications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"18\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"18,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"18,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vladimir Nabokov\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"18,2,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"18,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anagrama \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"18,3,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"18,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"18,4,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"18,4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 261\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"18,5,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"18,5,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Anagrama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55779517661510,"sku":"Est1\/Bal2","price":13.21,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0797\/5590\/3302\/files\/Ladefensa.webp?v=1769083579","url":"https:\/\/libreriacasadrojan.com\/en\/products\/la-defensa-tienda","provider":"Librería Casa Drojan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}