{"product_id":"brief-encounters-the-master-of-go-paperback","title":"Brief Encounters: The Master of Go (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLuminous, suspenseful and serene, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Master of Go\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e is a compelling portrait, quietly devastating of two men – and a whole society – facing defeat. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSimple in its fundamentals, infinitely complex in its execution, the strategy game Go is an expression of the Japanese spirit. But when a revered Master is challenged by a younger, more modern upcomer, their match, waged over several months and layered in ceremony, pits imperial Japan against the twentieth century. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAbout The Author:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eYasunari Kawabata, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize for Literature, was one of Japan's most distinguished novelists. Born in Osaka in 1899, he published his first stories while he was still in high school. Among his major novels published across the world are \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSnow Country\u003c\/span\u003e (1956), \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThousand Cranes\u003c\/span\u003e (1959), \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Sound of the Mountain\u003c\/span\u003e (1972), and \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBeauty and Sadness\u003c\/span\u003e (1975). Kawabata was found dead, by his own hand, in 1972.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45620038893775,"sku":"9781529982671","price":22.96,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_bf01708e-71fb-4a65-9814-b25a7ac422fd.jpg?v=1784795936","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/brief-encounters-the-master-of-go-paperback","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}