Julia Harpur answers “Am I the only numb nuts that didn't get...”

Angie Annetts asked this question about The Vegetarian:

Am I the only numb nuts that didn't get the ending?

Julia Harpur This is what Han Kang said in an interview:
“In the last part, I didn’t want to describe the death of Yeong-hye. I wanted to end this book with the fin…moreThis is what Han Kang said in an interview:
“In the last part, I didn’t want to describe the death of Yeong-hye. I wanted to end this book with the final scene, where In-hye looks out the ambulance window with a protesting gaze. I felt that this was a scene of gazing with all one’s energy at this world of mingled violence and beauty. Without start or finish, only struggling tenaciously with her open eyes, in the same form/way of “now” in our life.“(less)

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