THE WHITE BOOK
While on a writer's residency, a nameless narrator focuses on the color white to creatively channel her inner pain. Through lyrical, interconnected stories, she grapples with the tragedy that has haunted her family, attempting to make sense of her older sister's death using the color white. From trying to imagine her mother's first time producing breast milk to watching the snow fall and meditating on the impermanence of life, she weaves a poignant, heartfelt story of the omnipresence of grief and the ways we perceive the world around us.
In captivating, starkly beautiful language, The White Book offers a multilayered exploration of color and its absence, of the tenacity and fragility of the human spirit, and of our attempts to graft new life from the ashes of destruction.
HAN KANG
She was born in 1970 in South Korea. She is the author of The Vegetarian, winner of the International Booker Prize, as well as Human Acts, The White Book, Greek Lessons, and We Do Not Part. In 2024, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Edad recomendada: Adultos.
KANG HAN
Han Kang nació el 27 de noviembre de 1970 en Gwangju, Corea del Sur, y se trasladó a Seúl durante su infancia. Estudió literatura coreana en la Universidad de Yonsei y en 1993 publicó sus primeros poemas en revistas literarias. Su debut como narradora llegó con relatos breves y posteriormente con novelas que la consolidaron en la literatura contemporánea. Entre sus obras más conocidas se encuentran La vegetariana y Actos humanos, traducidas a varios idiomas. En 2016 recibió el Premio Booker Internacional y en 2024 fue galardonada con el Premio Nobel de Literatura. Actualmente reside en Seúl y continúa escribiendo.
