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Before the nightmare, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary life. But when splintering, blood-soaked images start haunting her thoughts, Yeong-hye decides to purge her mind and renounce eating meat. In a country where societal mores are strictly obeyed, Yeong-hye's decision to embrace a more “plant-like” existence is a shocking act of subversion. And as her passive rebellion manifests in ever more extreme and frightening forms, scandal, abuse, and estrangement begin to send Yeong-hye spiraling deep into the spaces of her fantasy. In a complete metamorphosis of both mind and body, her now dangerous endeavor will take Yeong-hye—impossibly, ecstatically, tragically—far from her once-known self altogether.
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Gli Adelphi: La vegetariana, Han Kang, Milena Zemira Ciccimarra
- Language
- Released
- 2019
- Binding
- (Paperback),
- Book condition
- Good
- Price
- €7.49
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- Title
- Gli Adelphi: La vegetariana
- Language
- Italian
- Authors
- Han Kang, Milena Zemira Ciccimarra
- Publisher
- Adelphi
- Released
- 2019
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 177
- ISBN10
- 8845934012
- ISBN13
- 9788845934018
- Series
- Categories
- Tags
- Contemporary Fiction, Relationships, Food, Gifts for women, Mental Health, Adapted for Film, Asia, Dreams, Lifestyle, Forests, Vegetarianism, Mental Illness, Asian Fiction, Korea, Starvation, South Korea, Korean Literature, Booker Prize
- First published
- 2007
- Original title
- 채식주의자 (Čchesikdžuidža)
- Rating
- 3.6 out of 5
- Description
- Before the nightmare, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary life. But when splintering, blood-soaked images start haunting her thoughts, Yeong-hye decides to purge her mind and renounce eating meat. In a country where societal mores are strictly obeyed, Yeong-hye's decision to embrace a more “plant-like” existence is a shocking act of subversion. And as her passive rebellion manifests in ever more extreme and frightening forms, scandal, abuse, and estrangement begin to send Yeong-hye spiraling deep into the spaces of her fantasy. In a complete metamorphosis of both mind and body, her now dangerous endeavor will take Yeong-hye—impossibly, ecstatically, tragically—far from her once-known self altogether.