Literary Fiction
by Han Kang
A woman's seemingly simple refusal to eat meat spirals into a profound rejection of human norms that horrifies her family and destabilizes everyone around her. Han Kang's unsettling allegory dissects patriarchal control, bodily autonomy, and the violence of conformity through three perspectives. Spare and savage, it transforms an act of vegetarianism into existential rebellion.
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