by Shan Sa · Columna CAT · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466402439
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The Girl Who Played Go is a novel written by Shan Sa, published in 2002. The story takes place in Manchuria during the Japanese occupation and narrates the encounter between a young Chinese woman and a Japanese officer through the game of go. The novel explores themes such as war, love, culture, and identity in a complex historical context.
Shan Sa is the pseudonym of Yan Ni, a French author and painter. The Girl Who Played Go was the first of her novels to be published outside France, and won the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens. Her second novel to appear in English translation was Empress (2006). She was awarded chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in July 2009 and chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite in May 2011.
