1 / 18 "The Vegetarian" by Han Kang

In a three-part novel told from the perspective of a woman’s status-conscious husband, libidinous brother-in-law and desperate sister, the central character, Yeong-hye, suddenly chooses to give up all meat and animal products. This seemingly simple action blows up her entire social and family life around her -- but Yeong-hye quietly continues to refuse meat. Han Kang’s first novel to be translated into English, <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1101906111/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?amp=&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1101906111&ie=UTF8&linkCode=as2&linkId=02d16b5527d9860e740bdc311880af25&tag=thehuffingtop-20" target="_blank">The Vegetarian</a></i> seethes with quietly violent imagery and grapples with immense questions about human survival, patriarchal societies, the consequences of abuse, and, of course, eating meat. A work of magical realist horror, domestic psychological fiction, and a layered exploration of ethics, it’s one of the year’s true fiction must-reads. – Claire Fallon<br><br><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-vegetarian-han-kang_n_56abca2ae4b00b033aaf16d2"><i>Read our review of </i>The Vegetarian<i>.</i></a>

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