num_pages: 256
description: A chess master strives to develop an effective strategy for controlling his life and winning back his sanity
language: English
title: The Defense
titlecomplete: The Defense
characters: Valentinov, Turati, Aleksandr Ivanovich Luzhin, Ivan Luzhin
genres: Fiction, Chess, Drama, Literature, Classics, Novels, Russian Literature, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Russia
ratings_count: 13142
awards: awardedAt: -157737600000
name: National Book Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Perigee Trade