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What We're Reading This Summer

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Article
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/07/what-were-reading-this-summer/493310/
Journal
the atlantic
Issued Date
July 30, 2016
Page
-
Language
English(English)
Country
UNITED STATES
City
-
Book
The Vegetarian
Writer
Han Kang
Translator
Deborah Smith

About the Author

  • Han Kang
  • Birth : 1970 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Kang
  • Family Name : Han
  • Korean Name : 한강
  • ISNI : 0000000054537103
  • Works : 160
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  • English(English)

Some individuals decide to stop eating meat because of its perceived cruelty towards animals; for Yeong-hye, the central character of The Vegetarian, her choice brings into stark relief the brutish nature of her own species. Yeong-hye, a South Korean housewife described (by her own husband, nonetheless) as “unremarkable,” wakes up one morning from grotesque nightmares and declares herself an herbivore. Vegetarianism isn’t widespread in South Korea, and Yeong-hye’s decision prompts confusion, concern, and fury from her family, which culminates in violence..   Source: 

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