The Vegetarian by Han Kang
This novel tells the story of Yeong-hye, a dutiful Korean wife who, after having a disturbing dream, becomes a vegetarian, a decision that disrupts her marriage and sets into motion an increasingly grotesque chain of events at home. As her rebellion manifests in ever more bizarre and frightening forms, Yeong-hye spirals further and further into her fantasies of abandoning her fleshly prison and becoming - impossibly, ecstatically - a tree. The book is a darkly allegorical, Kafkaesque tale of power, obsession, and one woman’s struggle to break free from the violence both without and within her.
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- Published
- 2007
- Nationality
- Korean
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 192
- Original Language
- Korean
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(3.7)
- Alternate Titles
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- A Vegetariana
- De Vegetariër
- De vegetariër
- Die Vegetarierin
- La Vegetariana
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- 9th on The Best Books of the 21st Century (Aladin.co.kr)
- 25th on The 25 Masterpieces of World Literature That Will Define the 21st Century (Télérama)
- 49th on 100 Best Books of the 21st Century (NY Times)
- 51st on Truelit's 100 Best Books of the Quarter Century (/r/truelit)
- 85th on The 100 Best Novels Of All Time In English (The Guardian)
- 475th on Our Users' Honorable Mention Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 100 Books, 100 Companions (Zeit Online)
- 21 books for the XXI century (Cultura/s)
- 40 Essential Feminist Books to Read for Women's History Month (Harpers Bazaar)
- 70 Classic Booker Prize-Nominated Novels, Recommended by our Readers (Booker Prize Library Readers)
- Best Fiction Books of the 21st Century (So Far) (Kirkus Reviews)
- International Booker Prize (The Booker Prizes)
- The 100 Best Books by Women Writers in Translation (biblibio)
- The 10 Best Books Through Time (New York Times)
- The Best Korean Fiction In Translation (BookRiot)
- The Best Translated Fiction (The Booker Prize)
- The New Vanguard (New York Times)