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The vegetarian : a novel / Han Kang ; translated from the Korean by Deborah Smith.

Han, Kang, 1970- (Author). Smith, Deborah, 1987- (translator.).

Summary:

"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 her 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, 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." -- jacket.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780553448184
  • ISBN: 0553448188
  • Physical Description: pages cm
  • Publisher: London ; Hogarth, 2015.
Subject: Women > Fiction.
Vegetarians > Fiction.
Dreams > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Korea (South) > Fiction.
Genre: Psychological fiction.
Domestic fiction.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Lehigh Carbon Library Cooperative.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Parkland Community Library F HAN (Text) 34422006921478 Adult Fiction Available -
Dimmick Main Library F KAN (Text) 30444100273808 Adult Fiction Available -
Penn-Kidder Branch F KAN (Text) 420001001060825 Adult Fiction Available -


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