The Vegetarian: A Novel by Han Kang (English) Hardcover Book

Description: The Vegetarian by Han Kang, Deborah Smith Copyright date found on back jacket flap. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE • "[Han] Kang viscerally explores the limits of what a human brain and body can endure, and the strange beauty that can be found in even the most extreme forms of renunciation."—Entertainment Weekly One of the New York Timess 100 Best Books of the 21st Century"Ferocious."—The New York Times Book Review (Ten Best Books of the Year)"Both terrifying and terrific."—Lauren Groff"Provocative [and] shocking."—The Washington PostBefore 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. Its 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 thats 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 womans struggle to break free from the violence both without and within her. A Best Book of the Year: BuzzFeed, Entertainment Weekly, Wall Street Journal, Time, Elle, The Economist, HuffPost, Slate, Bustle, The St. Louis Dispatch, Electric Literature, Publishers Weekly Author Biography Han Kang was born in 1970 in South Korea. In 1993 she made her literary debut as a poet, and was first published as novelist in 1994. A participant of the Iowa Writers Workshop, Han has won the Man Booker International Prize, the Yi Sang Literary Prize, the Todays Young Artist Award, and the Manhae Literary Prize. She currently works as a professor in the Department of Creative Writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts. Review "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 . . . Hans 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, Kafkas journals and A Hunger Artist haunt this text."—Porochista Khakpour, New York Times Book Review"Indebted to Kafka, this story of a South Korean womans 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 womens bodies are constantly under scrutiny, the protagonists 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. Its 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 . . . Hans 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 Review Quote "This summer Id recommend Han Kangs searing novel Excerpt from Book ***This excerpt is from an advance uncorrected proof*** Copyright Description for Library In this latest from award winner Kang, Yeong-hye makes the decision to stop eating meat-which in her strait-laced society turns out to be positively scandalous. This book reached the second spot on the London Evening Standards best sellers list, and rights have been sold to nearly a dozen countries. Details ISBN0553448188 Author Deborah Smith Short Title VEGETARIAN Pages 192 Language English ISBN-10 0553448188 ISBN-13 9780553448184 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY FIC Year 2016 Publication Date 2016-02-02 Subtitle A Novel Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2016-02-02 NZ Release Date 2016-02-02 US Release Date 2016-02-02 UK Release Date 1900-01-01 Publisher Hogarth Press Imprint Hogarth Press Audience General Translator Deborah Smith We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:97225815;

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