{"product_id":"the-defense","title":"The Defense","description":"\u003cp\u003eVladimir Nabokov's early novel is the dazzling story of the coarse, strange yet oddly endearing chess-playing genius Luzhin. Discovering his prodigious gift in boyhood and rising to the rank of International Grandmaster, Luzhin develops a lyrical passion for chess that renders the real world a phantom. As he confronts the fiery, swift-swooping Italian Grandmaster Turati, he brings into play his carefully devised defense. Making masterly play of metaphor and imagery,\u003cem\u003e The Defense\u003c\/em\u003e is the book that, of his early works, Nabokov felt 'contains and diffuses the greatest warmth'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003ePublished: UK, 2025\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003ePages: 192\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003eISBN 10: 0241720486\u003cbr\u003eISBN 13: 9780241720486\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vladimir Nabokov","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50852270244106,"sku":"","price":13.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9780241720486.jpg?v=1741347918","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/the-defense","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}