"First Kyu" by Dr Sung-Hwa Hong was first published in English in 1999, translated from Korean by American Go professional Janice Kim. The narrative alternates between the perspectives of the two main characters. The story is set in war-torn Manchuria of the late 1930s and tells of the forbidden love between a Chinese Go champion and a Japanese army officer. The author, Shan Sa, comes originally from Beijing, but she moved to Paris when a student. "The Girl who Played Go" was first published in French in 2001 under the title "La Joueuse de Go". Kawabata received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968.
It records the change from the old order to the new, with it being the old master's last match. The story is based on the 1938 Meijin title game, for which he was a reporter. It was translated into English in 1972 at about the time of his death. "The Master of Go" was written by Kawabata and first appeared in book form in 1954 in Japanese and called "Meijin".
The three classic Go novels are "The Master of Go" ("Meijin") by Yasunari Kawabata, "The Girl who Played Go"īy Shan Sa and "First Kyu" by Dr Sung-Hwa Hong.
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