The Vegetarian

Bantam Books, USA, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. 188 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Bantam Books, USA, 2015. First Edition. This is the first USA edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Edges of boards have superficial wear. Dust jacket has superficial rubbing. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping. Dust jacket is unclipped. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition except for small area on first preliminary page has transferred black ink of end page. Roughcut edges. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: WINNER, Man Booker International Prize 2016 (with translator Deborah Smith). SYNOPSIS: A beautiful, unsettling novel about rebellion and taboo, violence and eroticism, and the twisting metamorphosis of a soul Before the nightmares began, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary, controlled life. But the dreams invasive images of blood and brutality torture her, driving Yeong-hye to purge her mind and renounce eating meat altogether. It s a small act of independence, but it interrupts her marriage and sets into motion an increasingly grotesque chain of events at home. As her husband, her brother-in-law and sister each fight to reassert their control, Yeong-hye obsessively defends the choice that s become sacred to her. Soon their attempts turn desperate, subjecting first her mind, and then her body, to ever more intrusive and perverse violations, sending Yeong-hye spiraling into a dangerous, bizarre estrangement, not only from those closest to her, but also from herself. 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. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN/EAN: 9780553448184. Inventory No: 24030059.. 9780553448184