THE MASTER OF GO A Novel YASUNARI KAWABATA Alfred A Knopf 1972 1st U.S. Ed. HCdj

Description: THE MASTER OF GO A Novel Yasunari Kawabata Translated from the Japanese by Edward G. Seidensticker Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, 1972, First American EditionHardcover, very good condition, minor shelf/reading wear, dust jacket is good, some fading near the spine on rear panel, moderate edge wear, jacket is now protected in clear archival sleeveThis is the novel - at once elegiac and suffused with life - that Yasunari Kawabata, the internationally acclaimed Japanese writer and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968, considered to be his finest work.It centers on a single game of Go, the ultimate contest for supremacy between the heretofore invincible old Master of Go, and his younger, more modern challenger. It is a game extended over many months of play - a game whose elevated atmosphere of ceremony increasingly gives way before the complex human tensions not only between the Master and the Challenger but between their wives, their fervidly competitive managers, their retinues, and the two worlds and sensibilities they represent. For the game is the framework - the true subject of Kawabata's profoundly moving novel is the contest between tradition and change, between the old Japan and the new, and, ultimately, between life and death. USPS Media Rate postage will be calculated @ 2 pounds weightGRADUATE OF BOOK SEMINARS INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM HOW IT WORKS WITH US:In other words; the fine print!For those buyers who reside outside the U.S.,We are now enrolled in eBay's Global Shipping ProgramWe like to have our auctions completed in a timely manner.If we have not HEARD FROM the high bidder by the FOURTH day after the close of the auction, we will file an UNPAID ITEM DISPUTE with Ebay.PLEASE: Bid Only If You Intend To Complete The Transaction.THANKS for your understanding in these matters.We are proud to let you know that we try to be ecologically responsible, nearly all of our packing materials are recycled or reused. THANKS FOR BIDDING WITH US!

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