The book is told from the perspective of a young man who marries an unremarkable woman. The first story lays out the male characters in the novel, which are messy and unkempt. "These dudes just suck," he writes about one character.
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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