The Chess Master - by A Cheng (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>The protagonist of <i>The Chess Master</i>, 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. A Cheng has created in <i>The Chess Master</i> a radically new fiction that is both thoroughly modern and deeply imbued with the Chinese tradition.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>The Chess Master</i> 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, Ah Cheng has created in the <i>The Chess Master</i> a radically new fiction that is both thoroughly modern and deeply imbued with the Chinese tradition.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>A Cheng (pseudonym of Zhong Acheng) is a writer and painter.
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