Before the nightmare, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary life. But when splintering, blood-soaked images start haunting her thoughts, Yeong-hye decides to purge her mind and renounce eating meat. In a country where societal mores are strictly obeyed, Yeong-hye's decision to embrace a more “plant-like” existence is a shocking act of subversion. And as her passive rebellion manifests in ever more extreme and frightening forms, scandal, abuse, and estrangement begin to send Yeong-hye spiraling deep into the spaces of her fantasy. In a complete metamorphosis of both mind and body, her now dangerous endeavor will take Yeong-hye—impossibly, ecstatically, tragically—far from her once-known self altogether.
A disturbing, yet beautifully composed narrative told in three parts, The Vegetarian is an allegorical novel about modern day South Korea, but also a story of obsession, choice, and our faltering attempts to understand others, from one imprisoned body to another.
Han Kang is the daughter of novelist Han Seung-won. She was born in Kwangju and at the age of 10, moved to Suyuri (which she speaks of affectionately in her work "Greek Lessons") in Seoul.
She studied Korean literature at Yonsei University. She began her writing career when one of her poems was featured in the winter issue of the quarterly Literature and Society. She made her official literary debut in the following year when her short story "The Scarlet Anchor" was the winning entry in the daily Seoul Shinmun spring literary contest.
Since then, she has gone on to win the Yi Sang Literary Prize (2005), Today's Young Artist Award, and the Korean Literature Novel Award. As of summer 2013, Han teaches creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts while writing stories and novels.
我想变成树,用手撑住那沉重的躯体,指甲缝陷进黝黑的泥土。无关性别,没有欲望。世界上所有的树都是兄弟姐妹,沉默又团结。不需要额外的抢夺和杀戮,阳光与水分是普世的恩赐。我矗立在那里,渴望钢丝般的黑雨溶化我,方归于无,才能重生。 我想变成鸟,可以征服电线杆与屋顶。...
评分小说第一章的叙述人是“我”,英惠的丈夫;第二章是“他”,英惠的姐夫;第三章是“她”,英惠的姐姐。主人公英惠始终没有正面出现,只在第一章里,英惠的梦境以斜体字的形式出现。一个拒绝食肉的女子,觉得胸口闷,最后拒绝任何食物,认为自己是一棵树。自始至终她都不能为自...
评分 评分 评分我想变成树,用手撑住那沉重的躯体,指甲缝陷进黝黑的泥土。无关性别,没有欲望。世界上所有的树都是兄弟姐妹,沉默又团结。不需要额外的抢夺和杀戮,阳光与水分是普世的恩赐。我矗立在那里,渴望钢丝般的黑雨溶化我,方归于无,才能重生。 我想变成鸟,可以征服电线杆与屋顶。...
为什么这么多人打三星还说人家做作,我觉得……还蛮不错的
评分呃,真的有点像村上……
评分Charming
评分压抑的书看得不少,但这次是最让我烦躁的压抑。
评分"In the five years we'd married, this was the first time I'd had to go to work without her handing me my things and seeing me off." —THE VEGETARIAN —— (I love this book, it has an odd kind of silent power that makes you want to finish it in one go and continue to think about it. )
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