Yong-Hye and her husband are two average people. He goes to his office dutifully, not driven by any ambition. She is not characterized by any passion, she is simply a devoted housewife. Their marriage monotony is disrupted when Yong-Hye decides one day to stop eating meat. She gives no explanations. "I had a dream," she says. This is a small sign of independence, which, however, can be considered extreme and prove to be particularly dangerous in a country like South Korea. And that's not all. Yong-Hye's passive resistance, a process of peculiar transformation, exceeds all grotesque limits. She never enjoyed wearing a bra, but now she starts doing it publicly. Furthermore, she dreams of living like a plant. The whole family will eventually turn against her. The award-winning "The Vegetarian" is a story of Kafkaesque conception that unfolds in three acts. It is a captivating and bizarre novel, violent and sensual, with which Han Kang, one of the most popular literary voices of the Far East, explores desire and shame, oppression and power.

"The Vegetarian" is an unforgettable novel, fierce and authentic, which rightfully and unanimously won the International Booker Prize 2016. Han Kang narrates through three voices, three different perspectives, this dense, strange, and excellently structured story, describing how exactly an ordinary woman rejects the conventions and prejudices that bind her to her home, her family, and the society in which she lives. With a lyrical and penetrating style, the book reveals the consequences that this great denial brings not only to the heroine herself but also to the people in her environment. This compact, wonderful, and chilling work will linger in the thoughts, perhaps even in the dreams, of readers for a long time. An incredible and uninterrupted combination of beauty and eeriness runs through every page."