The Vegetarian -

Han Kang

Granta

2023

183 páginas

6h 6m

ISBN-13: 9781803510057

WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE
Yeong-hye and her husband are ordinary people - dutiful wife and mild-mannered office worker. One day, prompted by grotesque recurring nightmares, Yeong-hye decides to become a vegetarian. But in South Korea, where vegetarianism is almost unheard-of and societal mores are strictly obeyed, it is a shocking act of subversion. Yeong-hye's passive rebellion rapidly manifests in ever more bizarre and frightening forms, from sexual sadism to attempted suicide, and in increasingly erotic and unhinged artworks, as all the while she spirals further into her fantasies...

Disturbing and beautiful by turns, The Vegetarian is a revelatory novel about modern day South Korea; a tale of shame, desire and our faltering attempts to understand others.

Resenhas (34)

3.5 (Bom)

Não é sobre uma mulher virar vegetariana.

Resenharei apenas sobre o final da história, capítulo no qual a irmã de Young-hye narra.
o capítulo é bem desenvolvido, bonito e comovente de se ler, mas ainda nos deixa estressado sobre como ela pôde aceitar tudo o que foi feito com sua irmã, e só agora, depois de seu marido ter feito aquele ato inexplicável, ela consegue compreendê-la.

“it’s your body, you can treat it however you please. the only area where you’re free to do just as you like. and even that doesn’t turn out how you wanted.”