The Vegetarian

Autori

• Han Kang

Parametri

• 188 pagine
• 7 ore di lettura

• Cibo
• Horror
• Narrativa
• Narrativa contemporanea
• Relazioni interpersonali

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Before the nightmare, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary life. But when splintering, blood-soaked images start haunting her thoughts, Yeong-hye decides to purge her mind and renounce eating meat. In a country where societal mores are strictly obeyed, Yeong-hye's decision to embrace a more plant-like existence is a shocking act of subversion. And as her passive rebellion manifests in ever more extreme and frightening forms, scandal, abuse, and estrangement begin to send Yeong-hye spiraling deep into the spaces of her fantasy. In a complete metamorphosis of both mind and body, her now dangerous endeavor will take Yeong-hye impossibly, ecstatically, tragically far from her once-known self altogether. A disturbing, yet beautifully composed narrative told in three parts, "The Vegetarian" is an allegorical novel about modern day South Korea, but also a story of obsession, choice, and our faltering attempts to understand others, from one imprisoned body to another."

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2016

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