| The Girl Who Played Go | |
| Authors: | Shan Sa, translated by Adriana Hunter |
| Country: | France |
| Language: | French, translated to English |
| Published: | 2001, English translation 2003 |
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| Pages: | 280 pp |
| Isbn: | 0-099-49079-X |
The Girl Who Played Go, originally published as La Joueuse de Go, is a 2001 French novel by Shan Sa set during the Japanese occupation of Manchuria. It tells the story of a 16-year-old Chinese girl who is exceptionally good at the game of Go, and her game with a young Japanese officer. It was translated into English in 2003[1] and has been translated into 32 languages in total.[2]
The novel won a number of prizes, including the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens (Prix Goncourt of the High-school students) in 2001 and the Kiriyama Prize for fiction in 2004.[3]
In 2004, the novel was adapted into a German stage production which premiered at Freies Werkstatt Theater.[4]