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The Master of Go FIRST UK EDITION

Categorie	Engels
Boeknummer	#351674-ZB16
Titel	The Master of Go FIRST UK EDITION
Auteur	Kawabata, Yasunari
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	London : Secker & Warburg
Jaar van uitgave	1973
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Go is a game of strategy in which two players attempt to surround each other's black or white stones. Simple in its fundamentals, infinitely complex in its execution, it is an essential expression of the Japanese sensibility. And in his fictional chronicle of a match played between a revered and invincible Master and a younger, more progressive challenger, Yasunari Kawabata captured the moment in which the immutable traditions of imperial Japan met the onslaught of the twentieth century. The competition between the Master of Go and his opponent, Otak ', is waged over several months and layered in ceremony. But beneath the game's decorum lie tensions that consume not only the players themselves but their families and friends - tensions that turn this particular contest into a duel that can ... (Lees verder)only end in one man's death. Luminous in its detail, both suspenseful and serene, The Master of Go is an elegy for an entire society, written with the poetic economy and psychological acumen that brought Kawabata the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Pagina's	187
Conditie	Goed — Dust jacket slightly browned along the edges, dust jacket price clipped.
Prijs	€ 30,00

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