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3,5 stars!
Ok - understood why this book was deemed important. The topic of women and mental health, especially in Asia, is still something that rarely discussed. Han Kang's description about the mental illness of the main character of this book is blunt and bleak, but still has many implying meaning especially in related to the women's position in family and society.
However - some of the parts are just too graphic and absurd for me. I think that's what Korean literature is about: it's either the ...more
Ok - understood why this book was deemed important. The topic of women and mental health, especially in Asia, is still something that rarely discussed. Han Kang's description about the mental illness of the main character of this book is blunt and bleak, but still has many implying meaning especially in related to the women's position in family and society.
However - some of the parts are just too graphic and absurd for me. I think that's what Korean literature is about: it's either the ...more
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AUTHOR King, Han
TITLE The Vegetarian
DATE READ 05/13/2018
RATING 4.5/B
GENRE/ PUB DATE/PUBLISHER / # OF Fiction/2007/Random House/188 pgs
SERIES/STAND-ALONE SA
FIRST LINES: Before my wife turned vegetarian, I'd always thought of her as completely unremarkable in every way.
CHARACTERS Yeong-hye
TIME/PLACE 2007/Korea
COMMENTS A story of control and alienation told in 3 parts. The central character is a young wife Yeong-hye who has an off-putting series of dreams. She feels she has to become a vegeta ...more
TITLE The Vegetarian
DATE READ 05/13/2018
RATING 4.5/B
GENRE/ PUB DATE/PUBLISHER / # OF Fiction/2007/Random House/188 pgs
SERIES/STAND-ALONE SA
FIRST LINES: Before my wife turned vegetarian, I'd always thought of her as completely unremarkable in every way.
CHARACTERS Yeong-hye
TIME/PLACE 2007/Korea
COMMENTS A story of control and alienation told in 3 parts. The central character is a young wife Yeong-hye who has an off-putting series of dreams. She feels she has to become a vegeta ...more
Mar 04, 2019
Ann
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
Shelves:
2019-atw-80,
2019-aty-52
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.
...more
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.
...more
Jan 28, 2017
Logan
rated it
really liked it
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review of another edition
Shelves:
tough-visceral-reads,
strange-reads
