ABOUT THE BOOK
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Han Kang was born in 1970 in South Korea. In 1993 she made her literary debut as a poet, and was first published as a novelist in 1994. A participant in the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, Han has won the Man Booker International Prize, the Yi Sang Literary Award, the Today’s Young Artist Award, and the Manhae Prize for Literature. She currently works as a professor in the department of creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts.
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Review: The White Book
It’s a book that defies genre and challenges the reader to make sense of its unusual structure. The White Book isn’t likely to appeal to fans of the traditional novel, but will reward readers with a taste for more unconventional narratives.
