Category:cinematicepiccomedyViewed: 116Downloads: 0KeywordssadsuspiciousmelodicdanceharpimpressionismklezmerhistorybouffecrazychessDescription: Aleksandr Luzhin: The protagonist of the Nabokov's novel Luzhin Defence". As a child, he is misunderstood by his parents and mistreated by his peers, and is generally sullen in complexion and demeanor. He has no friends. As an adult, he is corpulent, socially inept, and absent-minded. He has a nervous breakdown during his match with the Italian chess grandmaster Turati.