Ebook {Epub PDF} The Master of Go by Yasunari Kawabata

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, Go is an essential expression of the Japanese spirit. And in his fictional chronicle of a match played between a revered and heretofore invincible Master and a younger, more modern challenger, Yasunari Kawabata captured the /5(11). The players, events, and outcome of this match are deeply symbolic of Japanese tradition, and, in describing them, Kawabata makes an argument for the necessity of maintaining fidelity to culture. Find The Master Of Go by Kawabata, Yasunari at Biblio. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers.

The Master of Go (Japanese: 名人, Hepburn: Meijin) is a novel by the Nobel Prize winning Japanese author Yasunari Kawabata. First published in serial form in , Kawabata considered it his finest work. Sharply distinct from the rest of his literary output, The Master of Go is the only one of Kawabata's novels that the author considered to be finished. Simple in its fundamentals, infinitely complex in its execution, Go is an essential expression of the Japanese spirit. And in his fictional chronicle of a match played between a revered and heretofore invincible Master and a younger, more modern challenger, Yasunari Kawabata captured the moment in which the immutable traditions of imperial. Book Review - THE MASTER OF GO by Yasunari Kawabata. The Master of Go Synopsis: 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.

Yasunari Kawabata actually did write a series of articles for Tokyo and Osaka newspapers about the Master of Go and his last game against a much younger opponent. Although the opponent's real name was Kitani not Otake. Kawabata, however, did add abit of fiction to it. Kawabata authored numerous novels, including Snow Country (), which cemented his reputation as one of the preeminent voices of his time, as well as Thousand Cranes (), The Sound of the Mountain (), The Master of Go (), and Beauty and Sadness (). He served as the chairman of the P.E.N. Club of Japan for several years and in he was awarded the Goethe Medal in Frankfurt. Go is a game of strategy in which two players attempt to surround each other’s black or white.