The vegetarian (Record no. 154)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 978-0-553-44818-4
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency Library of Congress
Transcribing agency Cataloging-in-Publication
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Edition number 895.73'2
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Han Kang, 1970-
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The vegetarian
Remainder of title : a novel / Han Kang; translated from Korean by Deborah Smith
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement published in arrangement with Portobello Books
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. United States
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Hogarth
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2015
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. When ordinary and submissive Yeong-hye becomes a vegetarian, her family treats her decision as both a disease and a betrayal. As they try to control her, their own manners deteriorate, culminating in violence, adultery, and estrangement. Yeong-hye becomes a Bartleby-like figure as her personal choice morphs into other acts of social rebellion, such as being shirtless in public or refusing to ingest anything but water. Korean writer Han Kang’s elegant yet unsettling prose conveys her protagonist’s brother-in-law’s obsessive, art-centered lust; her sister’s tepid, regret-riddled existence; and Yeong-hye’s vivid, disturbing dreams. What is more upsetting is how the characters’ taboo behavior begins to seem reasonable over time, perhaps because they have ignored their desires for so long. Divided into three novellas, The Vegetarian shows how one woman’s step toward independence destroys a family that thrives on oppression and what they consider to be normal. Readers will want more of the author’s shocking portrayals of our innermost doubts, beliefs, and longings. -- Hyzy, Biz (Reviewed 2/15/2016) (Booklist, vol 112, number 12, p28)
546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE
Language note Originally published in Korean as three separate novelettes and compiled into a novel (Ch'aesikjuuija) published in 2007 by Changbi Publishers Inc. The english translation by Deborah Smith was originally published in hardcover and somewhat different form in Great Britain by Portobello Books, London, in 2015. The translation reprinted in this edition of The Vegetarian, which includes amendments to the original 2015 translation, was originally published in paperback in the United Kingdom by Portobello Books, London, in 2018.
586 ## - AWARDS NOTE
Awards note 2024 New York Times Book Review Best Books of the 21st Century<br/>2024 Nobel Prize in literature<br/>2016 International Booker Prize
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Source of heading or term Asian people. Dysfunctional families. East asian people. Families. Family Relationships. Life change events. Metamorphosis. Nightmares. Obsession. Vegetarianism.
651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Source of heading or term South Korea. East Asia.
655 ## - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM
Source of term Novellas. Psychological fiction. Translations.
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Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
Koha item type Book - training
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Operator's initials, OID (RLIN) 57
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