The Girl Who Played Go : A Novel (Paperback)

from wagner.sarah35

A fascinating tale set in Manchuria during the Japanese invasion of China. Two characters, a Chinese girl skilled at the game of go, and a Japanese soldier meet and through the game of go grow to understand each other. However, the times they live in are set against them, with tragic consequences...

from ribbons

Sa Shan is an interesting novelist, she uses historical setting as a fan and with its chill, she draws the characters. The game Go has always been an important metaphor in Asian literature. Sa Shan, now uniting this ancient metaphor with a modern imagery, bringing forward a female figure surely s...

from BookConcierge

In a small town in Manchuria in the 1930s, a 16-year-old girl is more concerned with her daily game of go and her fledgling romantic relationship with a dissident student, than she is with the potential for war with Japan. She is a master at the game, surprising for one so young (and a girl, no l...

from xuebi

The Girl Who Played Go by Shan Sa is deceptively simple book about two people - a Chinese girl in Manchuria who excels at the game of go and a Japanese officer sent to Manchuria en route to the frontline in China, and how their lives cross and are changed. Just as in a game of go, the two players...

from ama_bee

again, beautiful language.