The Vegetarian - Han Kang Hans E. van Riemsdijk a ghost-like pimp deploys a

a ghost-like pimp deploys a Hegel-spouting girl of the night

zieke Clawdia Chauchat blijft hij er echter geen drie weken maar zeven jaar

Behalve het feit dat ze broers zijn hebben Peter en Ivan Koubek weinig gemeen

Zelfs met Berthold bereikt ze het langverwachte geluk niet

a paean from an artist seeking to memorialise the extraordinary power of colour even while it receded from his own life

The Vegetarian - Han Kang Hans E. van Riemsdijk a ghost-like pimp deploys aYeong hye and her husband are ordinary people dutiful wife and mild mannered office worker. One day, prompted by grotesque recurring nightmares, Yeong hye decides to become a vegetarian. But in South Korea, where vegetarianism is almost unheard of and societal mores are strictly obeyed, it is a shocking act of subversion. Yeong hye's passive rebellion rapidly manifests in ever more bizarre and frightening forms, from sexual sadism to attempted