Vegetarian: A Novel by Kang, Han [Hardback]

Description: 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 Literature 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. WINNER, Man Booker International Prize 2016 (with translator Deborah Smith) Apple "What We're Reading This Week" pick, starting May 24 Entertainment Weekly "Best Books of 2016" selection Time Magazine "Best Books of 2016" selection Publishers Weekly - Top Ten Books of 2016 New York Times Book Review - included in "100 Notable Books of 2016" New York Times Book Review -included in "10 Best Books of 2016" St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Best 50 Books of 2016 BuzzFeed, the 24 Best Fiction Books of 2016 BookPage, 50 Best Books of 2016 NPR's Book Concierge (2016's Great Reads) Slate, Laura Miller's 10 Favorite Books of 2016 Huffington Post, The 18 Best Fiction Books of 2016"

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