The Vegetarian

A beautiful and disturbing book about rebellion and taboos, violence and sensuality, and most importantly – about the painful metamorphoses of the soul. Yeong-hye and her husband led the most ordinary, measured life until she began to see nightmares. The dreams – obsessive images of blood and cruelty – torment Yeong-hye. To clear her mind, she completely renounces meat. This small act of defiance exposes the fragility of her marriage and sets off a chain of increasingly strange events. The critically acclaimed novel "The Vegetarian" is a dark, Kafkaesque allegory about power, obsession, and the struggle a woman faces in her desire to free herself from violence both outside and within.