Yasunari Kawabata: The Master of Go [2006] paperback ZNATU He's sick of fancy plays

He's sick of fancy plays by dead blokes and wants to tell stories about real people

As the landlord of their apartment block threatens to raise their rent

and even those closest to her

each puzzle helps to keep the brain sharp

from developing characters and designing exciting fantasy worlds to completing a full narrative and dynamic layout

Yasunari Kawabata: The Master of Go [2006] paperback ZNATU He's sick of fancy playsGo is a game of strategy in which two players attempt to surround each other's black or white stones. Simple in its fundamentals, infinitely complex in its execution, it is an essential expression of the Japanese sensibility. And in his fictional chronicle of a match played between a revered and invincible Master and a younger, more progressive challenger, Yasunari Kawabata captured the moment in which the immutable traditions of imperial Japan met