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The Master of Go (Vintage International) by Yasunari Kawabata; Edward Seidensticker is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Master of Go (Vintage International) about?
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 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, Otaké, 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 retainers—tensions that turn this particular contest into a duel that can only end in 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. Translated from the Japanese by Edward G. Seidensticker
Who reads The Master of Go (Vintage International)?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Yasunari Kawabata; Edward Seidensticker
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781407064512
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Historical Fiction, Thriller, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.3 / 5 (246 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14