{"title":"The White Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe White Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003cb\u003e흰 - \u003ci\u003eHin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e) is a hauntingly poetic and meditative novel by \u003cb\u003eHan Kang\u003c\/b\u003e, winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature. Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2018, it is one of her most deeply personal and experimental works.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten while Han Kang was on a writer’s residency in Warsaw, Poland, the book is structured as a collection of 65 short, lyrical prose pieces—each titled after a white object (such as \u003ci\u003eSwaddling Clothes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSnow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMoon\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eShroud\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe narrator reflects on the brief life of her older sister, who died in her mother’s arms just two hours after being born. The narrator realizes that if her sister had survived, she herself would never have been born. Immersing herself in Warsaw—a city rebuilt from the white ashes of World War II—the narrator offers these 65 white reflections as a ritualistic \"bandage\" or shroud for the sister she never knew, exploring how grief, memory, and rebirth coexist.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-white-book-paperback","title":"The White Book - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHan Kang\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDeborah Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM HAN KANG, WINNER OF THE 2024 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[Han Kang writes in] intense poetic prose that . . . exposes the fragility of human life.\"--from the Nobel Prize citation \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE - A \"formally daring, emotionally devastating, and deeply political\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) exploration of personal grief through the prism of the color white, from the internationally bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Vegetarian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Stunningly beautiful. . . one of the smartest reflections on what it means to remember those we've lost.\"--NPR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the International Booker Prize, Han Kang's \u003ci\u003eThe White Book\u003c\/i\u003e is a meditation on color, as well as an attempt to make sense of her older sister's death, who died in her mother's arms just a few hours after she was born. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn captivating, starkly beautiful language, \u003ci\u003eThe White Book\u003c\/i\u003e is a letter from Kang to her sister, offering a multilayered exploration of color and its absence, and of the tenacity and fragility of the human spirit.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHan Kang \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in 1970 in South Korea. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Vegetarian\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the International Booker Prize, as well as \u003ci\u003eHuman Acts\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe White Book\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGreek Lessons, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWe Do Not Part\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2024, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 11, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52386726838560,"sku":"9780525573074","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/7427\/4336\/files\/7G6MxFzfal9780525573074.webp?v=1789958884"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/7427\/4336\/collections\/The_White_Book.png?v=1790144261","url":"https:\/\/daebak.co\/en-az\/collections\/the-white-book.oembed","provider":"Daebak","version":"1.0","type":"link"}