Kang Han

"The Vegetarian is a darkly allegorical, Kafkaesque tale of power, obsession, and one woman's struggle to break free from the violence both outside and within her."--Book cover. 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...

Follows the aftermath of a young boy's shocking death during a violent student uprising as told from the perspectives of the event's victims and their loved ones. When a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed in the midst of a violent student uprising in South Korea, the victims and the bereaved encounter suppression, denial, and the echoing agony of the massacre. Through their collective heartbreak and acts of hope unfolds the tale of a brutalized...

Hasta ahora, Yeonghye ha sido la esposa diligente y discreta que su marido siempre ha deseado. Sin ningún atractivo especial ni ningún defecto en particular, cumple los requisitos necesarios para que su matrimonio funcione sin sobresaltos. Todo cambia cuando unas pesadillas brutales y sanguinarias empiezan a despertarla por las noches, y siente la imperiosa necesidad de deshacerse de toda la carne del frigorífico. A partir de ese momento, Yeonghye...

"Una gélida mañana de finales de diciembre, Gyeongha recibe un inesperado mensaje de su amiga Inseon: después de sufrir un accidente en su taller de carpintería en la isla de Jeju, ha sido trasladada de urgencia a un hospital de Seúl. Desde la cama, Inseon le ruega que tome el primer vuelo a la isla y se ocupe de su pequeña cotorra antes de que se le acaben el agua y la comida. Pero, desafortunadamente, cuando Gyeongha llega a Jeju se desata...

"Mayo de 1980. La ciudad de Gwangju se moviliza contra la dictadura militar de Chun Doo-hwan, que hace unos meses tomó el poder en Corea del Sur. La oposición civil, liderada por los estudiantes universitarios, se subleva a favor de la democracia, pero el ejército reprime cruelmente las protestas disparando indiscriminadamente a la multitud, sin hacer distinciones entre estudiantes y civiles. Tras la sanguinaria matanza, un joven busca el cadáver...

"Novel about a fifteen-year-old boy, and the Gwangju Uprising in the city of Gwangju, South Korea, from May 18 to May 27, 1980, when an estimated 2,000 people were killed "-- Cataloger's judgment

Novel about a fifteen-year-old boy, and the Gwangju Uprising in the city of Gwangju, South Korea, from May 18 to May 27, 1980, when an estimated 2,000 people were killed.

"The Vegetarian" consists of three chapters, each of which portrays Ying-hui, a vegetarian whose behavior is becoming increasingly extreme, from a different perspective. In the course of her abstinence from food, questions about violence, beauty, desire, sin, and redemption are integrated. A variety of imagery appears in the book: gorgeous blooming flowers, straight, gloomy trees, petal-sized blue-green birthmarks, bloody dying animals and flying...

Sixty-five short interconnected chapters portray humanity and all its suffering and resiliency.