{"product_id":"2940169125528","title":"The White Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Booker Prize-winner and literary phenomenon Han Kang, a lyrical and disquieting exploration of personal grief, written through the prism of the color white.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile on a writer's residency, a nameless narrator wanders the twin white worlds of the blank page and snowy Warsaw. \u003ci\u003eThe White Book\u003c\/i\u003e becomes a meditation on the color white, as well as a fictional journey inspired by an older sister who died in her mother's arms, a few hours old. The narrator grapples with the tragedy that has haunted her family, an event she colors in stark white amp;mdash; breast milk, swaddling bands, the baby's rice cake-colored skin amp;mdash; and, from here, visits all that glows in her memory: from a white dog to sugar cubes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the writer reckons with the enormity of her sister's death, Han Kang's trademark frank and chilling prose is softened by retrospection, introspection, and a deep sense of resilience and love. \u003ci\u003eThe White Book\u003c\/i\u003e amp;mdash; ultimately a letter from Kang to her sister amp;mdash; offers powerful philosophy and personal psychology on the tenacity and fragility of the human spirit and our attempts to graft new life from the ashes of destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100271526128,"sku":"2940169125528","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169125528_p0.jpg?v=1769893797","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169125528","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}