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Winner of the 2016 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...

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Main Author: Han, Kang, 1970-
Other Authors: Smith, Deborah, 1987- (Translator)
Format: Downloads eBook Books eBook
Language:English
Published: 2016.
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Women > Fiction.
Vegetarians > Fiction.
Dreams > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Korea (South) > Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Electronic books.
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Summary:Winner of the 2016 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.
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ISBN:9780553448191
Author Notes:Han Kang was born on November 27, 1970 in Gwangju, South Korea. She studied Korean literature at Yonsei University. She teaches creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts. She is an author. Her novels in English include The Vegetarian and Convalescence. Her works published in Korea include A Convict's Love, Mongolian Mark, Fruits of My Woman, The Black Deer, Your Cold Hand, Breath Fighting, and Greek Lessons. She has received several awards including the Yi Sang Literary Prize, the Today's Young Artist Award, the Korean Literature Novel Award, and the 2016 Man Booker International Prize for The Vegetarian.

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