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A dark and bleakly funny fable from the author of Divorcing Jack. A little boy left for dead when...
New Excalibur - Volume 1: Defenders of the Realm
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Excalibur is back, just the way you like them! From the ashes of House of M a new Excalibur team is...
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Top 1 in Health & Fitness Over 43 Countries. Top 5 in Health & Fitness Over 63 Countries. Over...
Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated The White Book in Books
Jan 3, 2018
Unlike @The Vegetarian: A Novel and @Human Acts, this book is not designed to have the narrative reach of those two novels. Instead, it is a fragmented meditation on the death of the unnamed baby sister, who died two hours after her birth. Han wisely gives as much value to those heightened two hours of life as she does to her death. The story of her birth, as narrated from the point of view of the mother, who is 22 when she is obliged to deliver the premature baby herself, is simply told.
The book is structured around the white things that become part of the rituals of mourning and remembering. The dominant theme is of transience, of fleeting life and the acceptance of human fragility. It feels mysterious and abstract at time, which seems to reflect the death itself. Hats off to Han Kang and @Deborah Smith for another wonderful translation.
William & Catherine's New Royal Family
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With fabulous pictures of the young royal family, this book takes a look at William and Kate's life...
A Century of Royalty
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Over the last century Britain has witnessed a royal family saga compelling, tumultuous and...
Pregnancy the Beginner's Guide
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The essential guidebook to pregnancy and beyond You're having a baby and starting parenthood- the...