{"product_id":"the-white-book-han-kang-hardcover","title":"The White Book -- Han Kang, Hardcover","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFROM HAN KANG, WINNER OF THE 2024 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE \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\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\n\nShortlisted 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.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Han Kang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hogarth Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.9\" H x 5.2\" L x 0.9\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780525573067\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51741841326379,"sku":"9780525573067","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9780525573067.jpg?v=1768696112","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/the-white-book-han-kang-hardcover","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}