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The novel “The White Book” delicately threads themes of life, innocence, death and grief

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Article
https://iexaminer.org/the-novel-the-white-book-delicately-threads-themes-of-life-innocence-death-and-grief/
Journal
The international Examiner
Issued Date
July 18, 2020
Page
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Language
English(English)
Country
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Book
The White Book
Writer
Han Kang
Translator
Deborah Smith

About the Author

  • Han Kang
  • Birth : 1970 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Kang
  • Family Name : Han
  • Korean Name : 한강
  • ISNI : 0000000054537103
  • Works : 160
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  • English(English)

“Is it because of some billowing whiteness within us, unsullied, inviolate, that out encounters with objects so pristine never fail to leave us moved?” (Page 79, The White Book.) The White Book by Han Kang is a poetic novel that reads almost like a meditation or prayer on the color white. The novel lacks a concrete plot and follows the life of a nameless narrator. Rather than chapters, the novel contains various entries that are related to the color white. The entries are a collection of white objects and things, mixed with the narrator’s own thoughts and snapshots from her life. The novel can feel like a journal, poetry book, or even a dedication to all things white.  

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