The book is about the lives of trees, their social networks and bonds. The author says she wanted to deal with her 'long lasting questions' on innocence in a violent world. She also talks about how this novel isn't an indictment of corean patriarchy or conservative society values.
How could a dream upend your life? Would you stop eating meat? Embark on a ruinous affair? Desert your family?
Han Kang's The Vegetarian asks visceral questions about our capacity for violence and what'd be willing to give up to be rid of it.
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