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Han Kang: The Vegetarian

Yeong-hye and her husband are ordinary people - dutiful wife and mild-mannered office worker. One day, prompted by grotesque recurring nightmares, Yeong-hye decides to become a vegetarian.
ISBN: 9781803510057
Author: Han Kang
Page: 192
Binding: Soft cover
Publication date: 2023
Format: Book
Publisher: GRANTA
Language: English

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But in South Korea, where vegetarianism is almost unheard-of and societal mores are strictly obeyed, it is a shocking act of subversion.

Yeong-hye's passive rebellion rapidly manifests in ever more bizarre and frightening forms, from sexual sadism toattempted suicide, and in increasingly erotic and unhinged artworks, as all the while she spirals further into her fantasies...

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