The book won the man booker international prize in 20 16. It was the first work to win the award after it was changed to be given to individual works rather than bodies of work. And then both han and smith won that award together, which makes smith the first translator to share the prize.
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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