Han Kang et al / 한강 / 2011 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

可もなく不可もない暮らしをしていた専業主婦が、ある日突然肉を食べなくなる。いまの世の中、ベジタリアンはそれほど珍しくないが、彼女の場合、なんらかの主張や、誰かの影響があってそうなったわけではない。自分が見た、気味の悪い夢を理由にするだけ。最初は肉を食べないというだけだったが、夫との関係もどんどんコミュニケーション不全に落ち込んでいく。 　もともとは食べることが好きだった妻が日曜日に作ってくれていた肉料理を、夫は回想する。そのおいしそうなこと！　楽しみを奪われ、欲求不満に陥った夫は、妻の実家に連絡する。家族の集まりが計画されるが、その際に決定的な悲劇が起こる……。 　肉を食べない女性を囲む、三人の身近な人物の視点から語られているが、それぞれの思惑と、女性への距離感がくっきりと表れていて、実に巧みである。手の届かない世界に閉じこもってしまったかに見える女性に、芸術家として激しく惹（ひ）かれていく義兄の話も興味深いが、困惑し、疲弊しつつ妹に寄り添おうとする姉の愛情にも心を打たれずにはいられない。 Source: http://book.asahi.com/reviews/reviewer/2011072500004.html

Han Kang et al / 한강 / 2012 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

Yeonghye es una mujer aparentemente normal, joven, sin mayores virtudes o defectos. Una noche, sin ninguna actitud previa que hiciera suponer un cambio en su carácter, su marido la encuentra en la cocina tirando a la basura toda la carne almacenada en el congelador. Cuando él la increpa por lo que está haciendo, ella le dice que ha tenido un sueño y que abandonará la ingesta de carnes. Su determinación es absolutamente radical e irrevocable, pero el marido y la familia no están preparados para esta decisión ni para la transformación que comienza a gestarse en Yeonghye a partir de ese momento. La vegetariana, es una novela con un fuerte componente psicológico, que cuestiona los límites culturales de la cordura, la violencia y el valor del cuerpo como un bien privado y último refugio. Source: http://www.cuspide.com/9789871803316/La Vegetariana/

Han Kang et al / 한강 / 2013 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

The dream of Yinghui is full of slaughter and blood. One day, she cannot stand the smell of meat anymore, then becomes a vegetarian, however, this is only the start of her paranoia. Her brother-in-law, as a film maker, hits the rock bottom of creation. When he hears from his wife that on his sister-in-laws butt still remains Mongolian spots, the long-lost inspiration hits him suddenly. He plans to paint on the naked woman and make it a video. With his inspiration comes his secret and mad desire for his sister-in-law. Finally, he abandons all the bottom lines in realistic society for his artistic world.   Source : http://www.amazon.com/The-Vegetarian-Chinese-Edition-Jiang/dp/7229048001

Han Kang et al / 한강 / 2013 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

Publicado originalmente em 2007, A Vegetariana é um “romance-novelas” (desenvolvido em três novelas juntas no mesmo volume) publicado na Argentina, China, Coreia do Sul, Japão e Vietnã. Han Kang é expoente da nova geração de escritores coreanos, autora várias vezes premiada em seu país, e livre da marca das “grandes questões nacionais”, que pesavam sobre os ombros dos seus predecessores literários, submersos em profundas sombras do passado, buscando agora detalhes minuciosos das vidas dos indivíduos e do seu contexto. A literatura de Han Kang se ampara no realismo, mas é dotada de uma imaginação sem limites. A Vegetariana é um romance composto de três partes que se complementam e formam um todo, mas podem ser lidas independentemente. O livro conta a história de uma mulher coreana que decide não comer mais carne e enfrenta toda a repercussão social que uma decisão deste tipo provoca naquele país. A primeira parte é contada do ponto de vista do marido, um funcionário de médio escalão que está começando a galgar os degraus da hierarquia da empresa onde trabalha. É através dos olhos dele que percebemos o estranhamento que as atitudes de sua esposa provocam. A segunda parte, cuja narrativa tem um leve toque sensual, é contada a partir da perspectiva do cunhado (marido da irmã) da vegetariana, um artista na área de cinema e vídeo que decide fotografar e filmar a cunhada e acaba desenvolvendo uma queda por ela. A terceira parte é contada do ponto de vista da irmã que se vê dividida entre o dever fraternal que ela sente de proteger a irmã mais nova e o quanto ela compreende as atitudes da irmã e o que a levou a tomá-las. Source : https://www.travessa.com.br/a-vegetariana-1-ed-2013/artigo/5112187b-492e-4b7d-a8a7-9ec7d1378afa

Han Kang et al / 한강 / 2015 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

Une nuit, elle se réveille et va au réfrigérateur, qu'elle vide de tous ce qu'il contenait de viande. Guidée par son rêve, Yonghye a désormais un but, devenir végétale, se perdre dans l'existence lente et inaccessible des arbres et des plantes. Ce dépouillement qui devient le sens de sa vie, le pouvoir érotique, floral, de sa nudité, vont faire voler en éclat les règles de la société, dans une lente descente vers la folie et l'absolu.   Source: http://www.amazon.fr/végétarienne-Kang-Han/dp/B00UMRDC88/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1453962540&sr=8-1&keywords=han kang

Han Kang et al / 한강 / 2015 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

Yeong-Hye lijdt aan afschuwelijke terugkerende nachtmerries waardoor ze van de een op de andere dag besluit te stoppen met het eten van vlees. Het wrede vlees-eten staat voor haar voor de wreedheid in de wereld van nu. Nadat haar echtgenoot haar verlaat wil ze niet liever dan zelf ontsnappen aan haar vleselijke bestaan door een boom te worden – de puurste levensvorm op aarde.   Source: http://www.singeluitgeverijen.nl/nijgh-van-ditmar/boek/de-vegetarier/

Han Kang et al / 한강 / 2014 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

Wegetarianka to polifoniczna opowiesc, ktora zaintryguje nie tylko zwolennikow ekofeminizmu, lecz takze osoby lubiace zglebiac topografie ludzkiej psyche. Han Kang z chirurgiczna precyzja przetwarza zywa tkanke egzystencji i prowadzi czytelnika roznymi sciezkami narracji, aby zmusic go do zadania sobie kilku pytan: Na czym polega moje istnienie? Czy potrafie byc tylko czlowiekiem? Czy umiem wyrzec sie czlowieczenstwa i stac sie na przyklad drzewem? Jest to refleksja nad metodami sublimacji prymitywnych instynktow, mozliwoscia transcendencji i zasadnoscia samodestrukcji w desperackiej probie wyzwolenia. Refleksja nad sfera ludzkiej wolnosci. Bookseller Inventory   Source : http://www.abebooks.com/book-search/isbn/9788393527144/

Han Kang et al / 한강 / 2015 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

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 'plant-like' 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.   Source: http://portobellobooks.com/the-vegetarian

Han Kang et al / 한강 / 2015 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

A beautiful, unsettling novel about rebellion and taboo, violence and eroticism, and the twisting metamorphosis of a soul 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 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 that’s 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 woman’s struggle to break free from the violence both without and within her. Source: https://hogarthbooks.com/books/the-vegetarian-tr/the-vegetarian-hc

Han Kang et al / 한강 / 2015 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

A beautiful, unsettling novel in three acts, about rebellion and taboo, violence and eroticism, and the twisting metamorphosis of a soulYeong-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 'plant-like' 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.