I chose to share Han
Kang's novel the White Book (2016) which
I found few years back through a recommendation of a relative.
What comes to writing, especially artistic writing, my thoughts are most provoked by how words are used in relation to the multitude of layers within their meaning. The playing with words is what draws me into poetry - the endless possibilities to create parallel images and stories through subtlety. Reading the novel of Han Kang was for me inspiring experience due to its poetic narration conveying a story
through seemingly unrelated observations of surroundings sewn together through
symbolism of the color white and personal meanings attached to everyday
objects. While inspiring as an experimental prosaic text (also in the perspective of translation), such beauty in the use of language is also
something I have been curious to try and experiment with in regards to academic
writing as well.
