The Vegetarian

Han Kang is the daughter of novelist Han Seung-won. She was born in Kwangju and at the age of 10, moved to Suyuri (which she speaks of affectionately in her work "Greek Lessons") in Seoul.She studied Korean literature at Yonsei University. She began her writing career when one of her poems was featured in the winter issue of the quarterly Literature and Society. She made her official literary debut in the following year when her short story "The Scarlet Anchor" was the winning entry in the daily Seoul Shinmun spring literary contest.Since then, she has gone on to win the Yi Sang Literary Prize (2005), Today's Young Artist Award, and the Korean Literature Novel Award. As of summer 2013, Han teaches creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts while writing stories and novels.

出版者:Hogarth

作者:Han Kang

页数:192

出版时间:2016-2-2

价格:USD 21.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780553448184

图书标签:韩国小说HankangNovels英文原著shame重口味英语

Before the nightmare, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary life. But when splintering, blood-soaked images start haunting her thoughts, Yeong-hye decides to purge her mind and renounce eating meat. In a country where societal mores are strictly obeyed, Yeong-hye's decision to embrace a more “plant-like” existence is a shocking act of subversion. And as her passive rebellion manifests in ever more extreme and frightening forms, scandal, abuse, and estrangement begin to send Yeong-hye spiraling deep into the spaces of her fantasy. In a complete metamorphosis of both mind and body, her now dangerous endeavor will take Yeong-hye—impossibly, ecstatically, tragically—far from her once-known self altogether.

A disturbing, yet beautifully composed narrative told in three parts, The Vegetarian is an allegorical novel about modern day South Korea, but also a story of obsession, choice, and our faltering attempts to understand others, from one imprisoned body to another.

读后感

借用非理性的素食主义者揭露精神分裂者的内心。事关家庭，伦理，生活；过去，现在和未来。 段落式的故事叙述很工整，透过三位与她关系亲密的人物去探索人物的内心世界。 也许很多人，忍受了太多的现实压力，终于有一天他们不想再努力了，放开了系住了现实的手，归于让他们宁...  

“我想通过《素食者》刻画一个誓死不愿加入人类群体的女性。”作者说。 “活着是一件很奇怪的事情。在经历一些事情后，在体验过各种难以忍受的灾难后，人们还是照样能吃、能喝、能睡地生活下去，还可以发出爽朗的大笑。” 英惠、仁惠来自一个原生家庭，应该说是一个很糟糕的家...  

跟着布克奖的风，把《素食主义者》纳入了书架，用一晚上读完了。从女主的怪异举动到素食主义爆发，从接连的梦境到童年阴影，读到最后才发现，原来不是在写素食主义，其实在写童年时期的家庭暴力对孩子精神世界的长期折磨，还揭示了在面对至亲之人患精神障碍时“正常人”的无法...  

最近的国际布克奖作品是来自韩国的韩江女士写的《素食主义者》。 2013年重庆出版社就出版了她的作品，除了《素食主义者》，还有《玄鹿》、《植物妻子》等。 在图书馆顺利借到了这本小说。小说薄薄的，装帧设计并不是很精心。 一个晚上看完了这本书。说实话，不是很喜欢，属于暗...  

我想变成树，用手撑住那沉重的躯体，指甲缝陷进黝黑的泥土。无关性别，没有欲望。世界上所有的树都是兄弟姐妹，沉默又团结。不需要额外的抢夺和杀戮，阳光与水分是普世的恩赐。我矗立在那里，渴望钢丝般的黑雨溶化我，方归于无，才能重生。 我想变成鸟，可以征服电线杆与屋顶。...  

用户评价

不需要懂韩文也知道这个翻译太差了｜看完才意识到这本书的内容和风格有点像张悦然，当然张悦然完全是作，两本书属于同一个维度，但这本是认真写出来的书。

"In the five years we'd married, this was the first time I'd had to go to work without her handing me my things and seeing me off." —THE VEGETARIAN —— (I love this book, it has an odd kind of silent power that makes you want to finish it in one go and continue to think about it. )

可能是翻译的问题吧 这本书干巴巴的让人读不下去 弃书

不需要懂韩文也知道这个翻译太差了｜看完才意识到这本书的内容和风格有点像张悦然，当然张悦然完全是作，两本书属于同一个维度，但这本是认真写出来的书。

在path上看完了, 之前有个同学也推荐过, 但是我并不太能get到点. 刚开始看还很有趣, 的确有种卡夫卡般荒诞的隐喻, 然而故事结构太朦胧了, 只能说并不是能戳到我的书