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Nominee · International Booker Prize 2018

The White Book

by Han Kang

2016 novel by Han Kang

Sixty-five short interconnected chapters portray humanity and all its suffering and resiliency.

Synopsis from Open Library.

Language
Korean
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International Booker Prize 2018

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Winner
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Olga Tokarczuk · 2018
Die, My Love
Die, My Love
Ariana Harwicz · 2018
Frankenstein in Baghdad
Frankenstein in Baghdad
Ahmed Saadawi · 2018
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Go, Went, Gone
Jenny Erpenbeck · 2018
Like a Fading Shadow
Like a Fading Shadow
Antonio Muñoz Molina · 2018
The Dinner Guest
The Dinner Guest
Gabriela Ybarra · 2018
The Flying Mountain
The Flying Mountain
Christoph Ransmayr · 2018
The Impostor
The Impostor
Javier Cercas · 2018
The Seventh Function of Language
The Seventh Function of Language
Laurent Binet · 2018
The Stolen Bicycle
The Stolen Bicycle
Wu Mingyi · 2018
The World Goes On
The World Goes On
László Krasznahorkai · 2018
Vernon Subutex 1
Vernon Subutex 1
Virginie Despentes · 2018

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