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The White Book

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Poetic exploration of white, life, and destruction.

This book is a beautifully poetic exploration of the color white and its symbolism in life and death. Through fragmented storytelling and stunning imagery, the narrator reflects on her own identity and the loss of her older sister. The book delves into the human spirit's resilience and our ability to find hope in the midst of destruction. If you enjoy introspective and lyrical narratives that challenge the traditional structure of a novel, The White Book is a must-read.

  • Wellcome Book Prize Nominee for Longlist (2018)
  • Warwick Prize for Women in Translation Nominee (2018)
  • International Booker Prize Nominee (2018)
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The White Book

Regular price RM36.83 MYR
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ISBN: 9781846276293
Publisher: Portobello Books
Date of Publication: 2017-11-02
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Poetry
Related Topics: Asia, Asian Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.82
(rated by 16679 readers)

Description

From the winner of the Man Booker International Prize for The VegetarianWriting while on a residency in Warsaw, a city palpably scarred by the violence of the past, the narrator finds herself haunted by the story of her older sister, who died a mere two hours after birth. A fragmented exploration of white things - the swaddling bands that were also her shroud, the breast milk she did not live to drink, the blank page on which the narrator herself attempts to reconstruct the story - unfolds in a powerfully poetic distillation.As she walks the unfamiliar, snow-streaked streets, lined by buildings formerly obliterated in the Second World War, their identities blur and overlap as the narrator wonders, 'Can I give this life to you?'. The White Book is a book like no other. It is a meditation on a colour, on the tenacity and fragility of the human spirit, and our attempts to graft new life from the ashes of destruction.This is both the most autobiographical and the most experimental book to date from South Korean master Han Kang.
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Poetic exploration of white, life, and destruction.

This book is a beautifully poetic exploration of the color white and its symbolism in life and death. Through fragmented storytelling and stunning imagery, the narrator reflects on her own identity and the loss of her older sister. The book delves into the human spirit's resilience and our ability to find hope in the midst of destruction. If you enjoy introspective and lyrical narratives that challenge the traditional structure of a novel, The White Book is a must-read.

  • Wellcome Book Prize Nominee for Longlist (2018)
  • Warwick Prize for Women in Translation Nominee (2018)
  • International Booker Prize Nominee (2018)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.