Han Kang / 한강 / 2020 / -

Ich glaube, dass dies die besten Worte für einen Abschied sind. Bitte stirb nicht. Lebe." Während eines Aufenthalts in einer europäischen Stadt, die im weißen Winterschlaf liegt, überfällt die Erzählerin plötzlich die Erinnerung an ihre Schwester, die als Neugeborenes in den Armen der Mutter starb. Sie ringt mit dieser Tragödie, die das Leben ihrer Familie bestimmt hat, ein Ereignis, das in Bildern von Weiß wieder und wieder aufscheint: das Weiß der Muttermilch, der Windel, der reiskuchenweißen Haut des kleinen Mädchens. Nur eine Autorin wie Han Kang vermag es, aus einer so zutiefst persönlichen Erinnerung eine große literarische Erzählung zu erschaffen: "Weiß" ist ein Buch über Trauer und die Widerstandskraft des menschlichen Daseins - Han Kangs persönlichstes Buch und zugleich ihr literarisches Meisterstück. Source : https://lti.overdrive.com/media/4598D945-5ADB-41CE-AD87-540537AF8406

Han Kang / 한강 / 2019 / -

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. Source : https://lti.overdrive.com/media/4897D0F0-9E47-4157-B52E-78E49194801C

Han Kang / 한강 / 2019 / -

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. Source : https://lti.overdrive.com/media/37612f0f-29d4-49b9-95cf-165bbce29549

Han Kang / 한강 / 2020 / -

»Ich glaube, dass dies die besten Worte für einen Abschied sind. Bitte stirb nicht. Lebe.« Während eines Aufenthalts in einer europäischen Stadt, die im weißen Winterschlaf liegt, überfällt die Erzählerin plötzlich die Erinnerung an ihre Schwester, die als Neugeborenes in den Armen der Mutter starb. Sie ringt mit dieser Tragödie, die das Leben ihrer Familie bestimmt hat, ein Ereignis, das in Bildern von Weiß wieder und wieder aufscheint: das Weiß der Muttermilch, der Windel, der reiskuchenweißen Haut des kleinen Mädchens. Nur eine Autorin wie Han Kang vermag es, aus einer so zutiefst persönlichen Erinnerung eine große literarische Erzählung zu erschaffen: »Weiß« ist ein Buch über Trauer und die Widerstandskraft des menschlichen Daseins - Han Kangs persönlichstes Buch und zugleich ihr literarisches Meisterstück. »›Weiß ist ein tiefgründiges und kostbares Werk. Die Sprache ist schmerzlich persönlich, jedes Bild wahrhaftig und tief bewegend. Eine ungeheure Leistung, Han Kang ist ein Genie.« Lisa McInerney Source : https://lti.overdrive.com/media/72D9B72E-1FEB-420E-A27D-062C7DCA7394

Han Kang / 한강 / 2017 / -

Shortlisted for the Man Booker International 2018 From the author of The Vegetarian, winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2016 From the author of The Vegetarian and Human Acts comes a book like no other. The White Book is a meditation on colour, beginning with a list of white things. It is a book about mourning, rebirth and the tenacity of the human spirit. It is a stunning investigation of the fragility, beauty and strangeness of life. Translated from the Korean by Deborah Smith. source : https://lti.overdrive.com/media/3607317?cid=37224

Han Kang / 한강 / 2019 / -

”Han Kang har ett skrivsätt som öppnar sinnen och tankar. Att se världen genom det vita är att upptäcka inte bara mörkret utan också det liv som döljs i de mest oansenliga skrymslena av verkligheten.” Dagens Nyheter

Han Kang / 한강 / 2019 / -

O Livro Branco é uma meditação sobre a cor, que começa com uma simples lista de coisas brancas: a neve, o sal, a espuma das ondas, o papel, o arroz, os cabelos dos velhos, as cobertas em que a mãe da autora embrulhou a primeira filha, que nasceu prematura, muitos anos antes de existir este livro. É também uma reflexão sobre o luto, o renascimento e a tenacidade do espírito humano e uma investigação sobre a beleza, a fragilidade e a estranheza da vida: se, por exemplo, a sua irmã tivesse sobrevivido, teria Han Kang chegado a nascer? Poderíamos nós ler a sua história tão tocante?O mais autobiográfico e simultaneamente experimental livro de Han Kang até ao momento: uma pequena obra-prima inesquecível, a dor transformada em promessa pela mão de uma grande escritora contemporânea. «Genial.»Lisa McInerney «Maravilhoso.»Eimear McBride «Brilhante.»Guardian «Sublime!»Financial Times «Encantatório.»Asian Review of Books «Admirável.»Irish Times