Kang Han
Author
Publisher
Hogarth
Language
English
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"The Vegetarian is a darkly allegorical, Kafkaesque tale of power, obsession, and one woman's struggle to break free from the violence both outside and within her."--Book cover.
Before the nightmares began, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary, controlled life. But the dreams--invasive images of blood and brutality--torture her, driving Yeong-hye to purge her mind and renounce eating meat altogether. It's a small act of independence, but it...
Author
Publisher
Hogarth
Language
English
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Follows the aftermath of a young boy's shocking death during a violent student uprising as told from the perspectives of the event's victims and their loved ones.
When a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed in the midst of a violent student uprising in South Korea, the victims and the bereaved encounter suppression, denial, and the echoing agony of the massacre. Through their collective heartbreak and acts of hope unfolds the tale of a brutalized...
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Publisher
Hogarth
Language
English
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"In a classroom in Seoul, a young woman watches her Greek language teacher at the blackboard. She tries to speak but has lost her voice. Her teacher finds himself drawn to the silent woman, for day by day he is losing his sight. Soon the two discover a deeper pain binds them together. For her, in the space of just a few months, she has lost both her mother and the custody battle for her nine-year-old son. For him, it's the pain of growing up between...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Español
Description
Hasta ahora, Yeonghye ha sido la esposa diligente y discreta que su marido siempre ha deseado. Sin ningún atractivo especial ni ningún defecto en particular, cumple los requisitos necesarios para que su matrimonio funcione sin sobresaltos. Todo cambia cuando unas pesadillas brutales y sanguinarias empiezan a despertarla por las noches, y siente la imperiosa necesidad de deshacerse de toda la carne del frigorífico. A partir de ese momento, Yeonghye...
8) Hŭin
Author
Publisher
Munhak Tongne
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Korean
Description
Sixty-five short interconnected chapters portray humanity and all its suffering and resiliency.
10) Nie mówię żegnaj
Author
Publisher
Wydawnictwo WAB
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Polish
Description
"'Nie mówię żegnaj' opowiada o ludobójstwie w 1948 roku na wyspie Czedżu. Opisuje nie tylko wydarzenia historyczne, ale także przedstawia w przejmujący portret trzech kobiet oraz wpływ, jaki na nie miała doznana przemoc i strata. Przede wszystkim jednak stawia ważne pytania dotyczące pamięci zbiorowej czy odpowiedzialności historycznej. Han Kang snuje opowieść o desperackiej walce i godności ludzi, którzy wbrew otaczającym ich ciemnościom...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
En Seúl, una mujer asiste a clases de griego antiguo. Su profesor le pide que lea en voz alta pero ella permanece en silencio; ha perdido la capacidad del lenguaje, así como a su madre y la custodia de un hijo de ocho años. Su única esperanza de recuperar el habla es mediante el aprendizaje de una lengua muerta. El profesor, que acaba de regresar a Corea después de pasar media vida en Alemania, se encuentra dividido entre dos culturas y dos lenguas....
Author
Series
Hanguo wen xue volume 8603
Publisher
Man you zhe wen hua shi ye gu fen you xian gong si
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
中文（繁體）
Description
"The Vegetarian" consists of three chapters, each of which portrays Ying-hui, a vegetarian whose behavior is becoming increasingly extreme, from a different perspective. In the course of her abstinence from food, questions about violence, beauty, desire, sin, and redemption are integrated. A variety of imagery appears in the book: gorgeous blooming flowers, straight, gloomy trees, petal-sized blue-green birthmarks, bloody dying animals and flying...