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The White Book

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Author
Han Kang
Co-Author
-
Translator
Deborah Smith
Publisher
Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
Published Year
2019
Country
UNITED STATES
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

Original Title
흰
Romanization of Original
Huin
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

ISBN
9781984843456
Page
-
Series
OverDrive Listen Audiobook

About the Author

  • Han Kang
  • Birth : 1970 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Kang
  • Family Name : Han
  • Korean Name : 한강
  • ISNI : 0000000054537103
  • Works : 160
About the Original Work
  • 흰
  • Author : Han Kang
  • Published Year : 2016
  • English Title : The White Book
More About the Original Work
Descriptions -
  • English(English)

Shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker International Prize

From Booker Prize-winner and literary phenomenon Han Kang, a lyrical and disquieting exploration of personal grief, written through the prism of the color white

While on a writer's residency, a nameless narrator wanders the twin white worlds of the blank page and snowy Warsaw. THE WHITE BOOK becomes a meditation on the color white, as well as a fictional journey inspired by an older sister who died in her mother's arms, a few hours old. The narrator grapples with the tragedy that has haunted her family, an event she colors in stark white—breast milk, swaddling bands, the baby's rice cake-colored skin—and, from here, visits all that glows in her memory: from a white dog to sugar cubes.

As the writer reckons with the enormity of her sister's death, Han Kang's trademark frank and chilling prose is softened by retrospection, introspection, and a deep sense of resilience and love. THE WHITE BOOK—ultimately a letter from Kang to her sister—offers powerful philosophy and personal psychology on the tenacity and fragility of the human spirit, and our attempts to graft new life from the ashes of destruction.

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Translated Books26 See More

  • Portuguese(Português) Book
    O livro branco
    Han Kang / 한강 / 2023 / -
  • Chinese(汉语) Book
    白
    韩江 / 한강 / 2022 / -
  • Dutch(Nederlands) Book
    Wit
    Han Kang / 한강 / 2017 / -
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