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'The Vegetarian' Wins Man Booker International Prize For Fiction

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Article
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/05/17/478332594/the-vegetarian-wins-man-booker-international-prize-for-fiction
Journal
NPR
Issued Date
May 17, 2016
Page
-
Language
English(English)
Country
UNITED STATES
City
Washington, D.C.
Book
-
Writer
Han Kang

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)

South Korean author Han Kang was awarded the Man Booker International Prize for fiction for her dark novel The Vegetarian at a London ceremony on Monday. The novel, Han's first to be translated into English, is about a woman who decides to stop eating meat and wants to become a tree. Her decision has devastating consequences and raises concerns among family members that she is mentally ill....     Source: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/05/17/478332594/the-vegetarian-wins-man-booker-international-prize-for-fiction

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