Aysegül Savas

A deeply humane, quietly devastating, mesmerisingly beautiful masterpiece.

White on White is an ambitious palette.

[An] oddly enthralling tale about a postgrad student bearing witness to an artist's marital breakdown

Marvelous, as elegant as an opaque sheet of ice that belies the swift and turbulent waters beneath.

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.

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.

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.

I was riveted by it. The delicate restraint of the language just adds to its power.

Savas's characters watch each other as they avoid themselves, in an acute and obliterating double portrait.

A superb novel by an exceptionally elegant, intelligent, and original writer.

Fans of Rachel Cusk's Outline trilogy should take note of this striking portrait.

'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 
 
A student moves to the city to research Gothic nudes, renting an apartment from a painter, Agnes, who lives in another town with her husband. One day, Agnes arrives in the city and settles into the upstairs studio. 
 
Agnes tells stories of her youth, her family, her marriage, and ideas for her art. As the months pass, it becomes clear that Agnes might not have a place to return to. Her stories are frenetic; her art scattered and unfinished, white paint on a white canvas. 
 
White on White is a sharp exploration of what it means to be truly vulnerable and laid bare. 
 
'Deeply humane, quietly devastating, mesmerisingly beautiful' Olivia Sudjic 
 
'Marvellous' Lauren Groff 
 
'Gentle, mysterious and profound' Marina Abramovic 
 
'Enthralling' Observer 
 
'An exceptionally elegant, intelligent, and original writer' Sigrid Nunez

Aysegül Savas

Praise for White on White

A deeply humane, quietly devastating, mesmerisingly beautiful masterpiece.

White on White is an ambitious palette.

[An] oddly enthralling tale about a postgrad student bearing witness to an artist's marital breakdown

A deeply humane, quietly devastating, mesmerisingly beautiful masterpiece.

White on White is an ambitious palette.

[An] oddly enthralling tale about a postgrad student bearing witness to an artist's marital breakdown

A deeply humane, quietly devastating, mesmerisingly beautiful masterpiece.

White on White is an ambitious palette.

[An] oddly enthralling tale about a postgrad student bearing witness to an artist's marital breakdown

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