White on White

A deeply humane, quietly devastating, mesmerisingly beautiful masterpiece. -- Olivia Sudjic White on White is an ambitious palette. * New York Times * [An] oddly enthralling tale about a postgrad student bearing witness to an artist's marital breakdown -- Anthony Cummins * Observer * Marvelous, as elegant as an opaque sheet of ice that belies the swift and turbulent waters beneath. -- Lauren Groff A haunting, irresistible novel. I loved this book for its depth and perception, for its beauty and eerie rhythms, but most of all for its wonderfully dream-like spell. It's breathtaking. -- Brandon Taylor In the middle ages, human skin was seen as a blanket stretched to cover a secret, inner life, writes Aysegül Savas. Reading White on White for me is like an outer skin which you open layer by layer as you read; gentle, mysterious and profound. -- Marina Abramovic Terse, slender and exquisite, like a finely-wrought figurine carved in bone, White on White spins its tale of doubles, womanhood and power with the magnetic pull of a thriller, while refusing to settle for easy resolution. I loved its quiet, observant wisdom; its willingness to look for depth underneath shiny surfaces. -- Livia Franchini I was riveted by it. The delicate restraint of the language just adds to its power. -- Celia Paul Savas's characters watch each other as they avoid themselves, in an acute and obliterating double portrait. -- Leanne Shapton A superb novel by an exceptionally elegant, intelligent, and original writer. -- Sigrid Nunez