As her husband, her brother-in-law and sister each fight to reassert their control, Yeong-hye obsessively defends the choice that’s become sacred to her. It’s a small act of independence, but it interrupts her marriage and sets into motion an increasingly grotesque chain of events at home. But the dreams-invasive images of blood and brutality-torture her, driving Yeong-hye to purge her mind and renounce eating meat altogether. “Provocative shocking.”- The Washington Postīefore the nightmares began, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary, controlled life. “Both terrifying and terrific.”-Lauren Groff “Ferocious.”- The New York Times Book Review (Ten Best Books of the Year) “ Kang viscerally explores the limits of what a human brain and body can endure, and the strange beauty that can be found in even the most extreme forms of renunciation.”- Entertainment Weekly.WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE
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