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THE WHITE BOOK

THE WHITE BOOK

HAN KANG

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Publisher:
GRANTA
Year of publication:
2018
ISBN:
978-1-84627-695-8
Pages:
161
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Shortlisted for the Man Booker International 2018From the author of The Vegetarian, winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2016From 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.

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