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First Kyu - The Novel
   

First Kyu: A Novel, copyright 1999 by Dr. Sung-Hwa Hong
Illustrations by Du-Ri Han
Published by Good Move Press (which I think is the same as [ext] Samarkand)
ISBN 0-9644796-9-9

The back cover says this is "a compelling, insightful and haunting tale of love, sacrifice, the search for excellence, and go -- the world's oldest game." I think that's pretty accurate.

This novel is lots of bittersweet fun for go players. It follows a teen player as he comes of age pursuing a professional go career. As an occidental, I was fascinated by the scenes of Asian "go culture" (including bangneki gambling -- now I understand what those guys at the Korean go club were doing :-) and the backdrop of 1960s Korean society.

Though the story is well-written and very entertaining in its own right, go players will appreciate some bonuses. Part 1 includes the kifu of the famous BloodVomitingGame. In Part 2, most of the chapters are titled after go proverbs; several include go diagrams that seem to illustrate the proverbs.

Interestingly, based on a [ext] Google search I did, at least two American colleges are using First Kyu in courses about Asian culture and go.


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