“Celebrated by critics around the world, The Vegetarian is a darkly allegorical, Kafka-esque tale of power, obsession, and one woman’s struggle to break free from the violence both without and within her.”
— critics around the world, Kafka-esque
“"[Han Kang’s] intense poetic prose . . . exposes the fragility of human life."”
— The Nobel Committee for Literature, in the citation for the Nobel Prize
“Ferocious.”
— The New York Times Book Review (Ten Best Books of the Year)
“Both terrifying and terrific.”
— Lauren Groff
“Provocative [and] shocking.”
— The Washington Post
The Vegetarian
Year
2016
Pages
209
Tags
Praise
“Celebrated by critics around the world, The Vegetarian is a darkly allegorical, Kafka-esque tale of power, obsession, and one woman’s struggle to break free from the violence both without and within her.”
— critics around the world, Kafka-esque
“"[Han Kang’s] intense poetic prose . . . exposes the fragility of human life."”
— The Nobel Committee for Literature, in the citation for the Nobel Prize
“Ferocious.”
— The New York Times Book Review (Ten Best Books of the Year)
“Both terrifying and terrific.”
— Lauren Groff
“Provocative [and] shocking.”
— The Washington Post
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