WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE - "[Han] Kang viscerally
explores the limits of what a human brain and body can endure, and the
strange beauty that can be found in even the most extreme forms of
renunciation."--Entertainment Weekly
"Ferocious."--The New York Times Book Review (Ten Best Books of the
Year)
"Both terrifying and terrific."--Lauren Groff
"Provocative [and] shocking."--The Washington Post
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.
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One of the Best Books of the Year--BuzzFeed, Entertainment Weekly, Wall
Street Journal, Time, Elle, The Economist, HuffPost, Slate, Bustle, The
St. Louis Dispatch, Electric Literature, Publishers Weekly**
