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 ...
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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 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.
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Seller's Description:
Fair. The item is very worn but continues to work perfectly. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing (age related spots and browning). May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.
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Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 16x12x0; Alfred A. Knopf, 1972; stated First American Edition, no additional printings indicated. Ex-library hardcover with very minimal markings: ink stamp on top edge, "Withdrawn" stamp on front end page, tape remnants and tape ghosts at ends of boards--no other ex-lib markings to book or jacket. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; light wear to edges of orange cloth boards, gilt titling remains bright and bold; faint staining in outer margin of ~12 consecutive pages, text very good. Front inner flap gently creased, else wear to edges of unclipped ($5.95) dust jacket is very minor; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 8vo, 188 pp., First printing of the first American edition., Translated from the Japanese by Edward G. Seidensticker.