
The Chess Master
(Chinese-English Bilingual Edition)
A.H-.D. Cheng(Author)
The Chinese University Press
Published on 31. December 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
180 pages
978-962-996-237-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Chess Master is a story of escape and salvation, and the clue for both is chess. The protagonist, Wang Yisheng, undergoes a gradual transformation from ""chess fool"" to ""chess master"" - from an alienated young man obsessed with the material needs of life to a spiritually enlightened transmitter of the Chinese tradition. By reversing the pervasive anti-traditional trend in modern Chinese literature and eschewing any overt influence from Western literature, A Cheng has created in the ""The Chess Master"" a radically new fiction which is both thoroughly modern and deeply imbued with the Chinese tradition. He has also achieved a ""disengaged"" realism and demonstrated a respect for form.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
245 gr
ISBN-13
978-962-996-237-1 (9789629962371)
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Persons
A Cheng (pseudonym of Zhong Acheng) is a writer and painter.