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The Vegetarian

Yazan: Han Kang
Seslendiren: Janet Song, Stephen Park
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An irresistibly weird and sensuous story of betrayals, transformations and social taboos.

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 'plantlike' 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.

©2007 Han Kang. English translation copyright © Deborah Smith 2015 (P)2016 Random House Audio Asyalı İçerik Üreticileri Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Political Psychological Thriller & Suspense World Literature Evlilik Kurgu Vejetaryen
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This was a good listen. A very odd book that made you think about it once you finished

plant life

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I think I liked this but I don’t think I could actually tell anyone what it was about. I just left the book feeling confused.

I’m confused

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Interesting book and the voice acting was perfect and added to the atmosphere especially in part 1.

Great listen

Bir sorun oluştu. Lütfen birkaç dakika sonra tekrar deneyin.
I loved this title however the narration of Janet Song seemed to be mechanistic at best, computer based at worst. Had it not been for the recommendation of the book by a Korean colleague I am not sure I would have persevered. Do give the book a go, but perhaps read it, or find alternative narrators.

An amazing story, very special. Dire narration.

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Pretentious story telling. Not worth a Nobel prize despite being well written, translated and read

Beautiful prose

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