The vegetarian : a novel /
Han, Kang, 1970-
The vegetarian : a novel / Han Kang ; translated from the Korean by Deborah Smith. - 188 pages ; 22 cm.
Translation from Korean of: Ch'aesikchu¿Ưija. Originally published in 2007 in Korean as three separate novelettes and then combined into a novel.
"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 her 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, 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." -- jacket.
9781101906118 9780553448184 0553448188
BRO-upg20160217-091 BRO-cust20160713-147
2015002206
Women--Fiction.
Vegetarians--Fiction.
Dreams--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Korea (South)--Fiction.
PL992.26.K36 / C4313 2015
895.73
The vegetarian : a novel / Han Kang ; translated from the Korean by Deborah Smith. - 188 pages ; 22 cm.
Translation from Korean of: Ch'aesikchu¿Ưija. Originally published in 2007 in Korean as three separate novelettes and then combined into a novel.
"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 her 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, 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." -- jacket.
9781101906118 9780553448184 0553448188
BRO-upg20160217-091 BRO-cust20160713-147
2015002206
Women--Fiction.
Vegetarians--Fiction.
Dreams--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Korea (South)--Fiction.
PL992.26.K36 / C4313 2015
895.73