{"product_id":"the-white-book-9780525573074","title":"The White Book","description":"\u003cb\u003eFROM HAN KANG, WINNER OF THE 2024 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE \u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hogarth Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51186654216466,"sku":"9780525573074","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cb7000aa-9ef1-4522-ae91-2b0647c7129e.jpg?v=1772531890","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-white-book-9780525573074","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}