{"product_id":"the-vegetarian","title":"The Vegetarian (Book)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e**Winner of the 2016 Man Booker International Prize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"info_text fw_bold\"\u003eA beautiful, unsettling novel in three acts, about rebellion and taboo, violence and eroticism, and the twisting metamorphosis of a soul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Deborah Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYeong-hye and her husband are ordinary people. He is an office worker with moderate ambitions and mild manners; she is an uninspired but dutiful wife. The acceptable flatline of their marriage is interrupted when Yeong-hye, seeking a more 'plant-like' existence, decides to become a vegetarian, prompted by grotesque recurring nightmares. In South Korea, where vegetarianism is almost unheard-of and societal mores are strictly obeyed, Yeong-hye's decision is a shocking act of subversion. Her passive rebellion manifests in ever more bizarre and frightening forms, leading her bland husband to self-justified acts of sexual sadism. His cruelties drive her towards attempted suicide and hospitalisation. She unknowingly captivates her sister's husband, a video artist. She becomes the focus of his increasingly erotic and unhinged artworks, while spiralling further and further into her fantasies of abandoning her fleshly prison and becoming - impossibly, ecstatically - a tree.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFraught, disturbing and beautiful, The Vegetarian is a novel about modern day South Korea, but also a novel about shame, desire and our faltering attempts to understand others, from one imprisoned body to another.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"info_text fw_bold\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"info_text fw_bold\"\u003eSize: 129 x 198mm \/ 165g\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BIROSO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44613883298021,"sku":"B_TV","price":10.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0676\/9210\/1861\/files\/9781846276033.jpg?v=1730971082","url":"https:\/\/shop.kpc.global\/products\/the-vegetarian","provider":"KPC Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}