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‘The Vegetarian’ by Han Kang (Review)

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Article
https://tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2015/02/05/the-vegetarian-by-han-kang-review/
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Tony's Reading List
Issued Date
February 05, 2015
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Language
English(English)
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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 : 161
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  • English(English)

It’s not often that a work of translated fiction, particularly one from a writer whose full-length work hadn’t previously made it into English, is eagerly awaited by Anglophone readers, but I’d have to say that today’s offering is one such book. It’s a novel I’ve been aware of for around a year now, and I’ve been waiting patiently for it to appear. Of course, huge expectation can often bring disappointment in its wake; luckily, that’s definitely not the case here. This is a book which does live up to the hype :) Han Kang’s The Vegetarian (translated by Deborah Smith, review copy courtesy of Portobello Books and Australian distributor Allen & Unwin) started life as a novella, becoming a novel once the three related stories were completed. Ostensibly a look at a woman descending into the depths of madness via vegetarianism, it’s actually a well-constructed criticism of a society where everyone, and everything, has its rightful place, and where rebellion, however harmless, leads to problems for all involved.

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