Cover art for The White Book
Published
Portobello Books, July 2018
ISBN
9781846276958
Format
Softcover, 128 pages
Dimensions
19.8cm × 13.1cm × 1.3cm

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From 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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