{"product_id":"the-girl-who-played-go-by-shan-sa","title":"The Girl Who Played Go by Shan Sa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a remote Manchurian town in the 1930s, a sixteen-year-old girl is more concerned with intimations of her own womanhood than the escalating hostilities between her countrymen and their Japanese occupiers. While still a schoolgirl in braids, she takes her first lover, a dissident student. The more she understands of adult life, however, the more disdainful she is of its deceptions, and the more she loses herself in her one true passion: the ancient game of go.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncredibly for a teenager–and a girl at that–she dominates the games in her town. No opponent interests her until she is challenged by a stranger, who reveals himself to us as a Japanese soldier in disguise. They begin a game and continue it for days, rarely speaking but deeply moved by each other’s strategies. As the clash of their peoples becomes ever more desperate and inescapable, and as each one’s untold life begins to veer wildly off course, the girl and the soldier are absorbed by only one thing–the progress of their game, each move of which brings them closer to their shocking fate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe Girl Who Played Go\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShan Sa has distilled the piercing emotions of adolescence into an engrossing, austerely beautiful story of love, cruelty and loss of innocence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEWS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Breathtaking. . . . While exploring epic themes like the loss of innocence and the meaning of honor, it lingers on the tiny, exquisite details of life.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e- \u003cem\u003eVogue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Shan . . . writes spare prose adorned with images that linger in the mind. . . . In this elegant translation . . . the dreamlike, mesmerizing alternation of voices stands in uneasy contrsast to the operatic violence of the plot.” - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Powerfully drawn. . . heart-breaking. . . . Sa’s descriptions and metaphors take hold powerfully and linger. Sa also brings to the reader with stark precision the cruel loss of innocence that war brings to both sides.”–\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSan Antonio Express-News\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“This Chinese twist on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. . . evolves into a rich metaphor for the struggle between an ancient society and a modern one, and the battle between the easy innocence of adolescence and the painfully gained knowledge of adulthood. If you enjoyed the similar theme of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBalzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, you’ll like this.”– \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePeople\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRODUCT DETAILS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Knopf\u003cbr\u003eISBN: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e978-1400032280\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Page \u0026 Turner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44963289432272,"sku":null,"price":967.0,"currency_code":"PHP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/8000\/5328\/files\/9781400032280.jpg?v=1773752164","url":"https:\/\/pageandturner.ph\/products\/the-girl-who-played-go-by-shan-sa","provider":"Page \u0026 Turner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}