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It seemed enough for her to just deal with whatever it was that came her way, calmly and without fuss. Or perhaps it was simply that things were happening inside her, terrible things, which no one else could even guess at, and thus it was impossible for her to engage with everyday life at the same time. If so, she would naturally have no energy left, not just for curiosity or interest but indeed for any meaningful response to all the humdrum minutiae that went on on the surface.
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Книга была написана корейским автором в 2007 году, в 2015 году переведена на английский и опубликована в Британии, а в 2016 году получила Букера.
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Неприятная на чтение (вы поймёте) и послевкусием. Есть в книге глубокая мысль? Женщина отказалась есть мясо и у неё и ее окружения начались проблемы. Идти наперекор привыкшему к всеобщему подчинению корейскому обществу любителей корейского барбекю - угу; испытывать отвращение к мясу, потому что это убийство - ну, допустим ...more
И я честно не понимаю за что %)
Неприятная на чтение (вы поймёте) и послевкусием. Есть в книге глубокая мысль? Женщина отказалась есть мясо и у неё и ее окружения начались проблемы. Идти наперекор привыкшему к всеобщему подчинению корейскому обществу любителей корейского барбекю - угу; испытывать отвращение к мясу, потому что это убийство - ну, допустим ...more
Category : NPR book of the year
Setting : South Korea
In turns satirical and allegorical, this novel is haunting and unforgettable. It addresses social mores and, despite the author's insistence of the opposite, patriarchy. The characters are complex and quite fleshed out, pun intended.
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Setting : South Korea
In turns satirical and allegorical, this novel is haunting and unforgettable. It addresses social mores and, despite the author's insistence of the opposite, patriarchy. The characters are complex and quite fleshed out, pun intended.
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This was one of the tournament books that initially held very little interest for me. It seemed like one of those quiet contemplative books that would be more about crafting a (boring) little world than providing a powerful story. I was happy to be horrendously wrong. This book was so wonderfully weird and surprising and frustrating and mesmerizing that I’m a little sorry I read it so fast. I need to come back to it some day. I loved the distance the reader had from the Yeong-Hye’s transformatio
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I knew this book would be weird, but I was not prepared for how upsetting it would be. ALL the Content Warnings: domestic violence, child abuse, rape, eating disorder, mental illness, suicidal ideation, infidelity, and horrific cruelty to a dog. (The bit with the dog made me wish I had not read this book - why do not other reviews warn about this??) Yeong-hye's eating disorder is described in detail.
She was no longer able to cope with all that her sister reminded her of. She’d been unable...more
Very, very strange. Mental illness, dreams, people's response to veganism, cultural norms. Read for Week 43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold). It was definitely unsettling.
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