The vegetarian : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 9780553448184
- ISBN: 0553448188
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Physical Description:
188 pages ; 22 cm
print - Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: London ; New York : Hogarth, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
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Subject: | Women Korea (South) Fiction |
Genre: | Psychological fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
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- Baker & Taylor
Deciding to renounce eating meat in the wake of violent dreams, Yeong-hye, a woman from a culture of strict societal mores, is denounced as a subversive as she spirals into extreme rebelliousness that causes her to splinter from her true nature and risk her life. - Baker & Taylor
Deciding to go vegetarian in the wake of violent thoughts, Yeong-hye, a woman from an Asian culture of strict societal mores, is denounced as a subversive as she spirals into extreme rebelliousness that causes her to splinter from her true nature and risk her life. - Random House, Inc.
Winner of the 2016 Man Booker International Prize
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review ⢠Publisher's Weekly ⢠ Buzzfeed ⢠ Entertainment Weekly ⢠ Time ⢠ Wall Street Journal ⢠ Bustle ⢠ Elle ⢠ The Economist ⢠ Slate ⢠ The Huffington Post ⢠The St. Louis Dispatch ⢠ Electric Literature
Featured in the New York Times selection of "15 remarkable books by women that are shaping the way we read and write fiction in the 21st century"Â
A beautiful, unsettling novel about rebellion and taboo, violence and eroticism, and the twisting metamorphosis of a soul
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Before the nightmares began, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary, controlled life. But the dreamsâinvasive images of blood and brutalityâtorture her, driving Yeong-hye to purge her mind and renounce eating meat altogether. Itâs 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 thatâs 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.Â
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Celebrated by critics around the world, The Vegetarian is a darkly allegorical, Kafka-esque tale of power, obsession, and one womanâs struggle to break free from the violence both without and within her. - Random House, Inc.
WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE â¢Â â[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.ââEntertainment Weekly
âFerocious.ââThe New York Times Book Review (Ten Best Books of the Year)
âBoth terrifying and terrific.ââLauren Groff
âProvocative [and] shocking.ââThe Washington Post
Before the nightmares began, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary, controlled life. But the dreamsâinvasive images of blood and brutalityâtorture her, driving Yeong-hye to purge her mind and renounce eating meat altogether. Itâs 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 thatâs 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.Â
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Celebrated by critics around the world, The Vegetarian is a darkly allegorical, Kafka-esque tale of power, obsession, and one womanâs struggle to break free from the violence both without and within her.
One of the Best Books of the YearâBuzzFeed, Entertainment Weekly, Wall Street Journal, Time, Elle, The Economist, HuffPost, Slate, Bustle, The St. Louis Dispatch, Electric Literature, Publishers Weekly