'I don't believe strongly in the like, i'm a preditor. I should eat the meat,' she says. 'If you're going to come at me about eating chicken, i'm just going to be like, i understand what you're saying,. and i'm just like, more ok with it.' Her husband is unaware of her dreams because she won't even explain them to him. She's not rationalizing this behaviour that way to another person. The book was written for young adults but has grown into an adult novel.
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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