{"product_id":"9781846276033","title":"The Vegetarian: A Novel by Han Kang","description":"Yeong-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. In 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. Fraught, disturbing and beautiful, The Vegetarian is 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.; 192 pages; Published: 05\/11\/2015\u003cdiv class=\"goodreadr\" data-isbn=\"9781846276033\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Granta Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56456982266238,"sku":"9781846276033","price":19.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/1298\/0350\/files\/9781846276033.jpg?v=1761330177","url":"https:\/\/it-book.co.uk\/products\/9781846276033","provider":"IT-Book","version":"1.0","type":"link"}