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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.
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.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Übersetzungstitel: | Die Vegetarierin |
| Inhalt: | 183 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9781846276033 |
| ISBN-10: | 1846276039 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Kang, Han |
| Übersetzung: | Smith, Deborah |
| Hersteller: | Granta Publications |
| Maße: | 198 x 126 x 17 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Han Kang |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 05.11.2015 |
| Gewicht: | 0,146 kg |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Übersetzungstitel: | Die Vegetarierin |
| Inhalt: | 183 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9781846276033 |
| ISBN-10: | 1846276039 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Kang, Han |
| Übersetzung: | Smith, Deborah |
| Hersteller: | Granta Publications |
| Maße: | 198 x 126 x 17 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Han Kang |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 05.11.2015 |
| Gewicht: | 0,146 kg |
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