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Winner of the 2016 Man Booker International PrizeNAMED 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 LiteratureFeatured 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” 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.
Publisher : Hogarth (2 February 2016)
Language : English
Hardcover : 192 pages
ISBN-10 : 0553448188
ISBN-13 : 978-0553448184
Item Weight : 340 g
Dimensions : 15.09 x 1.91 x 21.67 cm
Customers say
Customers find the writing quality well-written, lucid, and simple. They describe the book as very dark, haunting, disturbing, and mortifying. Readers say it’s cathartic and has the capacity to trigger different emotions in different readers. They appreciate the vivid imagery and narrator quality. However, some find the content depressing and utterly devoid of a single happy moment. Opinions are mixed on engrossment.
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