The Vegetarian - Novels (English Edition (US Edition))

Shortlisted for the2016 Man Booker International Prize

A beautiful, unsettling novel about rebellion and taboo, violence and eroticism, and the twisting metamorphosis of a soul

Before the nightmares began, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary, controlled life. But the dreams invasive images of blood and brutality torture her, driving Yeong-hye to purge her mind and renounce eating meat altogether. It s a small act of independence, but it interrupts her marriage and sets into motion an increasingly grotesque chain of events at home. As her husband, her brother-in-law and sister each fight to reassert their control, Yeong-hye obsessively defends the choice that s become sacred to her. Soon their attempts turn desperate, subjecting first her mind, and then her body, to ever more intrusive and perverse violations, sending Yeong-hye spiraling into a dangerous, bizarre estrangement, not only from those closest to her, but also from herself.

Celebrated by critics around the world, "The Vegetarian" is a darkly allegorical, Kafka-esque tale of power, obsession, and one woman s struggle to break free from the violence both without and within her.

• TITLE : The Vegetarian | 채식주의자
• AUTHOR : HAN KANG
• PUBLISHER : Hogarth Press
• LANGUAGE : English
• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN : South Korea
• PUBLICATION DATE : 2016-08-23
• ISBN13 : 9781101906118
• ISBN10 : 1101906111
• PAGE : 208p