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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. 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. Based on kawabatas own reporting at the time, the master of go is a loosely fictionalised account of a 1938 go game between an incumbent master and a. The master of go book by yasunari kawabata 9 available.
In 1968 he became the first japanese writer to receive the nobel prize for literature. The novel was first published in serial form in 1951. The master of go book by yasunari kawabata 8 available. The master of go by kawabata, yasunari nobel prize1968 m. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the master of go. Master of go by kawabata, yasunari and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Go is a game of strategy in which two players attempt to surround each others black or white stones. The master of go by yasunari kawabata overdrive rakuten. The shortshort stories of yasunari kawabata and the implicit autobiographical nature of his early work, and all the newspapercolumnlength chapters of what would invariably, serialized and subsequently amended become his novels, are all the perfect precursors for the master of go, a zen master s journalistic espnstyle appreciation and upcloseandpersonal, indepth portraits of the. The master of go has 8 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read.
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Sign up for news about books, authors, and more from penguin random house. Yasunari kawabata was born in osaka, japan, in 1899 and before the second world war had established himself as his countrys leading. It is the only one of kawabatas novels that the author considered to be finished. The author, yasunari kawabata, who penned this novel years after he wrote serialized. The master of go yasunari kawabata paperback books. Essays and criticism on yasunari kawabatas the master of go critical essays. The master of go book by yasunari kawabata half price books. Simple in its fundamentals, infinitely complex in its execution, it is an essential expression of the japanese sensibility. Ive previously read a couple of yasunari kawabatas short stories in anthologies but ive always felt his writing to be at.
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