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Yeong-hye and her husband are ordinary people. He is an office worker with moderate ambitions and mild manners; she is an uninspired but dutiful wife. The acceptable flatline of their marriage is interrupted when Yeong-hye, seeking a more 'plant-like' existence, decides to become a vegetarian, prompted by grotesque recurring nightmares. In South Korea, where vegetarianism is almost unheard-of and societal mores are strictly obeyed, Yeong-hye's decision is a shocking act of subversion. Her passive rebellion manifests in ever more bizarre and frightening forms, leading her bland husband to self-justified acts of sexual sadism. His cruelties drive her towards attempted suicide and hospitalisation. She unknowingly captivates her sister's husband, a video artist. She becomes the focus of his increasingly erotic and unhinged artworks, while spiralling further and further into her fantasies of abandoning her fleshly prison and becoming - impossibly, ecstatically - a tree. Fraught, disturbing and beautiful, The Vegetarian is a novel about modern day South Korea, but also a novel about shame, desire and our faltering attempts to understand others, from one imprisoned body to another.
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| Författare: | Han Kang |
| Titel: | The Vegetarian |
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| Typ: | Bok |
| Kategori: | Böcker/Skönlitteratur/Utländsk |
| Releasedatum: | 2023-08-17 |
| Registreringsdatum: | 2023-05-05 |
| Artikelnummer: | 778825 |
| Lagerstatus: | Fåtal i lager Leveranstid: från 1 vardag |
| EAN: | 9781803510057 |
| ISBN: | 1803510057 |
| Språk: | Engelska |
| Bandtyp: | |
| Mått(BxHxD): | 129x198x10 mm |
| Omfång: | 192 sidor |
| Vikt: | 138 gram |
| Titel: | The Vegetarian |
| Förlag: | Faber & Faber |
| Suite: | BEST OF GRANTA |
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