Yasunari Kawabata (1899–1972) is one of the largest Japanese writers, whose work is noted for many prestigious awards, as well as the Nobel Prize in Literature. The book includes his most famous novel “Master of the game in Go”, which the author himself considered the key to his work. (back cover) "Master of the Go Game" - the most famous novel of the outstanding Japanese writer, Nobel Prize winner in literature Yasunari Kawabata . As in Nabokov’s “Protection of Luzhin”, there are real characters and events behind the passion for the game. In this unexpected and profound book, the author tells about the legendary game of Go, which took place in 1938 and was described by him in newspaper reports. For the invincible master Xusai Honinobo XXI, this game was the last ... The game of go, like much else, came to Japan from China In China, it was considered a game of the gods, it hid something divine. But the conjecture that the three hundred and sixty-one intersection of lines on the board encompasses all the laws of the universe, divine and human, was born in Japan. Like Noh's theatre and tea ceremony, this game has become part of the Japanese tradition and has become a real art. I envy those who play Go. After all, the game of Go, if you consider it a useless trifle, is useless like nothing else, but if you value it highly, then nothing compares with it in value. Naoki Sanjugo, Japanese writer and critic