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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...
“Ferocious.”—The New York Times Book Review (Ten Best Books of the Year)
“Both terrifying and terrific.”—Lauren...
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"The Vegetarian is a darkly allegorical, Kafkaesque tale of power, obsession, and one woman's struggle to break free from the violence both outside and within her."--Book cover.
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...
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Hanguo wen xue volume 8603
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"The Vegetarian" consists of three chapters, each of which portrays Ying-hui, a vegetarian whose behavior is becoming increasingly extreme, from a different perspective. In the course of her abstinence from food, questions about violence, beauty, desire, sin, and redemption are integrated. A variety of imagery appears in the book: gorgeous blooming flowers, straight, gloomy trees, petal-sized blue-green birthmarks, bloody dying animals and flying...
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