Raja Rao, b. 1909, Indo-English novelist.

The Book Presents Raja Rao S Fic¬Tional World From A Refreshingly New Perspective. It Offers A Compre¬Hensive Account Of The Philosophi¬Cal Content In His No

The Chessmaster and His Moves is a most ambitious novel, and like most of Raja Rao's writing, rooted in Indian tradition, thought and sensibility. At one level

The protagonist of The Chess Master, Wang Yisheng, undergoes a gradual transformation from "chess fool" to "chess master"--from an alienated young man obsessed