{"product_id":"the-vegetarian-by-han-kang","title":"The Vegetarian - Han Kang","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Booker International Prize.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYeong-hye and her husband are ordinary people. He is an office worker with moderate ambitions and mild manners; she is an uninspired but dutiful wife. The acceptable flatline of their marriage is interrupted when Yeong-hye, seeking a more 'plant-like' existence, decides to become a vegetarian, prompted by grotesque recurring nightmares.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn South Korea, where vegetarianism is almost unheard-of and societal mores are strictly obeyed, Yeong-hye's decision is a shocking act of subversion. Her passive rebellion manifests in ever more bizarre and frightening forms, leading her bland husband to self-justified acts of sexual sadism. His cruelties drive her towards attempted suicide and hospitalisation. She unknowingly captivates her sister's husband, a video artist. She becomes the focus of his increasingly erotic and unhinged artworks, while spiralling further and further into her fantasies of abandoning her fleshly prison and becoming - impossibly, ecstatically - a tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFraught, disturbing and beautiful, \u003cem\u003eThe Vegetarian\u003c\/em\u003eis a novel about modern day South Korea, but also a novel about shame, desire and our faltering attempts to understand others, from one imprisoned body to another.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Paper People Books and Games - Pateley Bridge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54794173350225,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0963\/9346\/2097\/files\/9FAE27B6-FF6D-4F55-BA75-41996C1F89BE.jpg?v=1788513267","url":"https:\/\/paper-people.co.uk\/products\/the-vegetarian-by-han-kang","provider":"Paper People Books and Games - Pateley Bridge","version":"1.0","type":"link"}