{"product_id":"the-chess-master-chinese-english-bilingual-edition-9789629962371","title":"The Chess Master: (Chinese-English Bilingual Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): A Cheng\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Chess Master\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Chess Master\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a radically new fiction that is both thoroughly modern and deeply imbued with the Chinese tradition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chinese University of Hong Kong Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45268759675031,"sku":"9789629962371","price":713.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789629962371.webp?v=1769236503","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-chess-master-chinese-english-bilingual-edition-9789629962371","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}