a nutshell: this three-part novella from South Korea tells the starkly powerful story of a woman named Yeong-hye who takes a quiet yet explosive stand against her oppressive existence
a line: “Why, is it such a bad thing to die?”
an image: the enigma of the Mongolian mark sustains what was, for me, the most engrossing chapter
a thought: one theme that runs through the entire novella is the idea that everyone is fundamentally unknowable – even to those with whom every day is spent
a fact: in 1997 Han Kang wrote a short story (‘The Fruit of My Woman’) about a woman literally turning into a plant, then reworked the image in The Vegetarian in what she called “a darker and fiercer way”
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I thought this was a deeply disturbing novel. I read it a few years ago but cannot get out of my head the image of Yeong-hye in the mental hospital doing handstands because she thinks she is a tree
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