The Vegetarian
By Han Kang
Translated by Deborah Smith
By Han Kang
Translated by Deborah Smith
By Han Kang
Translated by Deborah Smith
By Han Kang
Translated by Deborah Smith
By Han Kang
Translated by Deborah Smith
By Han Kang
Translated by Deborah Smith
By Han Kang
Read by Janet Song and Stephen Park
Translated by Deborah Smith
By Han Kang
Read by Janet Song and Stephen Park
Translated by Deborah Smith
Category: Literary Fiction
Category: Literary Fiction
Category: Literary Fiction
Category: Literary Fiction | Audiobooks
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$17.00
Aug 23, 2016 | ISBN 9781101906118
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$22.00
Feb 02, 2016 | ISBN 9780553448184
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Feb 02, 2016 | ISBN 9780553448191
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Feb 02, 2016 | ISBN 9780399566998
315 Minutes
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Praise
“Surreal . . . [A] mesmerizing mix of sex and violence .”—Alexandra Alter, The New York Times
“[Han Kang] has been rightfully celebrated as a visionary in South Korea . . . Han’s glorious treatments of agency, personal choice, submission and subversion find form in the parable. . . . Ultimately, though, how could we not go back to Kafka? More than The Metamorphosis, Kafka’s journals and ‘A Hunger Artist’ haunt this text.”—Porochista Khakpour, New York Times Book Review
“Indebted to Kafka, this story of a South Korean woman’s radical transformation, which begins after she forsakes meat, will have you reading with your hand over your mouth in shock.”—O: The Oprah Magazine
“The Vegetarian has an eerie universality that gets under your skin and stays put irrespective of nation or gender.”—Laura Miller, Slate
“Slim and spiky and extremely disturbing . . . I find myself thinking about it weeks after I finished.” Jennifer Weiner, PopSugar
“It takes a gifted storyteller to get you feeling ill at ease in your own body. Yet Han Kang often set me squirming with her first novel in English, at once claustrophobic and transcendent.”—Chicago Tribune
“Compelling . . . [A] seamless union of the visceral and the surreal.”—Los Angeles Review of Books
“A complex, terrifying look at how seemingly simple decisions can affect multiple lives . . . In a world where women’s bodies are constantly under scrutiny, the protagonist’s desire to disappear inside of herself feels scarily familiar.”—Vanity Fair
“Elegant . . . a stripped-down, thoughtful narrative . . . about human psychology and physiology.”—HuffPost
“This elegant-yet-twisted horror story is all about power and its relationship with identity. It’s chilling in the best ways, so buckle in and turn down the lights.”—Elle
“This haunting, original tale explores the eros, isolation and outer limits of a gripping metamorphosis that happens in plain sight. . . . Han Kang has written a remarkable novel with universal themes about isolation, obsession, duty and desire.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Complex and strange . . . Han’s prose moves swiftly, riveted on the scene unfolding in a way that makes this story compulsively readable. . . . [The Vegetarian] demands you to ask important questions, and its vivid images will be hard to shake. This is a book that will stay with you.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“Dark dreams, simmering tensions, chilling violence . . . This South Korean novel is a feast. . . . It is sensual, provocative and violent, ripe with potent images, startling colors and disturbing questions. . . . Sentence by sentence, The Vegetarian is an extraordinary experience.”—The Guardian
Awards
Man Booker International Prize WINNER 2016
New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year SELECTION 2016
PEN Translation Prize SHORTLIST 2017
21 Books You’ve Been Meaning to Read
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