The Vegetarian by Han Kang Book Bouquet and The Smiths

and The Smiths

prompted by grotesque recurring nightmares

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The Vegetarian by Han Kang Book Bouquet and The SmithsYeong hye and her husband are ordinary people dutiful wife and mild mannered office worker. One day, prompted by grotesque recurring nightmares, Yeong hye decides to become a vegetarian. But in South Korea, where vegetarianism is almost unheard of and societal mores are strictly obeyed, it is a shocking act of subversion. Yeong hyes passive rebellion rapidly manifests in ever more bizarre and frightening forms, from sexual sadism to attempted suicide,