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- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017
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The Girl Who Played Go by Shan Sa, which tells the story of a spirited young Chinese girl and the Japanese soldier she meets over a game of go. With the bloody Second Sino-Japanese War raging around them, the young lovers soon realise that their relationship has no future, with devastating consequences.
The Girl Who Played Go was an immediate commercial and critical success, winning France’s prestigious Prix Goncourt des Lycéens the year of its release. Its author, Shan Sa, was born in China, where she won the national children’s poetry contest at the age of 12, before moving to Paris at the age of 18.
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Shan Sa
Chinese-born French writer and poet
Born in Beijing in 1972.Notable works:The Four Lives of the Willow (1999), novelThe Girl Who Played Go (2001), novel Empress (2003), novelShan Sa (a pseudonym meaning “whistle of the wind in the mountains”) was born in Beijing in 1972. In 1990, after the Tiananmen Square protests, she decided to leave China for Paris in order to begin a new life in France. Thanks to a scholarship from the French government, she was able to take the baccalaureate examination and go on to study philosophy.
She found success as a poet and writer from a very early age: in 1984, aged just 12, she won first prize in the Chinese national poetry contest for children, and her first novel Porte de la paix celeste (“Gate of the Heavenly Peace”, 1997) won France’s prestigious Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman, which aims to recognise the best debut novel of the year.
The Girl Who Played Go (2001) won the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens, which is voted on by secondary school students from across France, cementing Shan Sa’s place as a key figure on the French literary scene.
The Girl Who Played Go
Culture shock and its tragic consequences
Genre: novelReference edition: Shan Sa (2004) The Girl Who Played Go. Trans. Hunter, A. New York: Vintage.1st edition: 2001Themes: war, death, love, coming of age, China, games, rebellionThe Girl Who Played Go was published in 2001 and met with resounding success: it sold over 100 000 copies, won the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens and garnered widespread critical acclaim.
