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South Korea's Han Kang wins Man Booker International

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Article
http://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2016/0517/788956-south-koreas-han-kang-wins-man-booker-international/
Journal
RTE.ie
Issued Date
May 17, 2016
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Language
English(English)
Country
IRELAND
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Book
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Writer
Han Kang

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)

Han shares the £50,000 award (€64,000) with Smith, who only learned South Korean seven years ago. The judges described The Vegetarian as “concise, unsettling and beautifully composed” and an “uncanny blend of beauty and horror.” In the three-part tale of family fragmentation, the wife of the piece, Yeong-hye becomes a vegetarian because she seeks a more “plant-like” existence. Her audacious decision is greeted by her husband and father with acts of cruelty, while her sister’s husband becomes obsessed with her decision. Chair of judges Boyd Tonkin described The Vegetarian as "almost an outlandish story - a story that could topple over into crude horror or melodrama, or just over-emphatic allegories", but one that had "extraordinary poise and tact and control."...     Source: http://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2016/0517/788956-south-koreas-han-kang-wins-man-booker-international/

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