{"product_id":"the-vegetarian-han-kang","title":"The Vegetarian","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\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, \u003ci\u003eThe Vegetarian\u003c\/i\u003e 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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003ePlease note this copy is in near new condition with light scuffs on the edges of the covers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: \u003cspan tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Text Text__body3\"\u003e9781784704223 \u003cspan class=\"Text Text__subdued\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: Paperback, 193 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: \u003cspan\u003ePortobello Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished: 2007\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"A - Near New Condition","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44574423908508,"sku":null,"price":9.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0526\/1597\/0972\/files\/thevege_2.jpg?v=1783402974","url":"https:\/\/booksforless.co.nz\/products\/the-vegetarian-han-kang","provider":"Books For Less","version":"1.0","type":"link"}