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- By Han Kang, Translated by Deborah Smith

The Vegetarian

Yeong-hye’s decision to stop eating meat is a profound act of subversion in a society where norms must be obeyed. This book deals with desire, shame and empathy as people around her fail to understand her motives and new identity – in becoming, ecstatical­ly, a tree.

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