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<p>As the Japanese military invades 1930s Manchuria, a young girl approaches her own sexual coming of age. Drawn into a complex triangle with two boys, she distracts herself from the onslaught of adulthood by playing the game of go with strangers in a public square--and yet the force of desire, like the occupation, proves inevitable. Unbeknownst to the girl who plays go, her most worthy and frequent opponent is a Japanese soldier in disguise. Captivated by her beauty as much as by her bold, unpredictable approach to the strategy game, the soldier finds his loyalties challenged. Is there room on the path to war for that most revolutionary of acts&#58; falling in love?</p><h3>The New York Times</h3><p>Shan Sa's first novel to appear in English is itself much like a game of go, in which two opponents place stones in turn on the grid of a stylized battlefield, each trying to surround the other. It is 1937 and the nameless players are a 16-year-old Manchurian girl and a 24-year-old Japanese officer garrisoned in her town. As they take turns in brief first-person chapters, their stories circle each other slowly, warily. And like the black and white stones on the board, life for each is s

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Author

Sa Shan; Adriana Hunter

Publisher

A.A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780307428677

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction

Rating

3.76 / 5 (2,253 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14