Jonathan Emmesedi3d ago

Following my post here

https://c.im/@jemmesedi/115483897308266747

I got hold of a copy of "The Vegetarian" and finished it this afternoon.

On one level, this novel - or is it a trilogy of linked novellas? - is a critique in fiction of the repression of women in socially conservative South Korea.

Yet "The Vegetarian" is much more than that, questioning as it does our distinctions between sanity and madness, care and cruelty, and humanity and nature.

More disturbing for me than all the body horror aspects of the book was the suggestion that a supreme moment of creative expression might be inextricably bound up with cruelty, exploitation, and betrayal.

At just under two hundred pages, this is not a long read. Thanks to @isa for your recommendation!

#Books #TheVegetarian #HanKang #Fiction #Literature #KoreanLiterature #SouthKorea

Alo Japan5d ago
https://www.alojapan.com/1406741/the-tokyo-bookstore-where-translated-korean-literature-sparks-conversation-across-borders/ The Tokyo bookstore where translated Korean literature sparks ‘conversation across borders’ ##metoo #BookshopInTokyo #Chekccori #ChoNamJoo #CuonInc. #feminism #HanKang #Japan #JeongSoYeon #jimbocho #KCulture #Korea #Korean #KoreanAuthors #KoreanBooks #KoreanCulture #KoreanLiterature #KoreanNovels #KoreanPoetry #news #SouthKorea #Tokyo #TokyoBookshops #TokyoNews #TranslatedKoreanLiterature #東京 #東京都 On a quiet street in Jimbocho, a Tokyo neighb
The Tokyo bookstore where translated Korean literature sparks ‘conversation across borders’ - Alo Japan All About Japan

On a quiet street in Jimbocho, a Tokyo neighbourhood known for its second-hand bookshops and publishing houses, one shop stands out: Chekccori.

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Jonathan Emmesedi6d ago

@SaraR

Haven't you mentioned reading "The Vegetarian" recently, or am I thinking of somebody else's post?

#TheVegetarian #HanKang

Jonathan Emmesedi6d ago

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202511/1347167.shtml

Now I want to read "The Vegetarian" and some of the other works that Dong Xi mentions, especially Zhuangzi -- On Seeing Things as Equal.

#Literature #Books #KoreanLiterature #HanKang #TheVegetarian #ChineseLiterature #OnSeeingThingsAsEqual #DongXi #Transformations

All transformations aim to achieve normality - Global Times

Aiming to build a new platform for cultural exchange between China and South Korea through literary dialogue, the Global Times

Lesering.deOct 19
Han Kang und die Ästhetik des Schweigens – warum Die Vegetarierin uns so nah ist https://www.lesering.de/id/4946506/Han-Kang-und-die-Aesthetik-des-Schweigens---warum-Die-Vegetarierin-uns-so-nah-ist/ #InternationalBookerPrize #NobelpreisfürLiteratur #KoreanischeLiteratur #DieVegetarierin #Frauenbilder #Widerstand #Schweigen #Kolumne #Kolumne #HanKang #Körper
Han Kang und die Ästhetik des Schweigens – warum Die Vegetarierin uns so nah ist - Kolumne

Yeong-hye sagt einfach Nein. Kein Protestbanner, kein Aufstand, kein Manifest – sie hört auf, Fleisch zu essen. In einer Gesellschaft, in der Harmonie wichtiger ist als Selbstbestimmung, wirkt dieses Nein wie ein Sprengsatz. Han Kangs Roman Die Vegetarierin (2007, auf Deutsch 2016) entfaltet aus dieser unscheinbaren Geste ein Drama, das Ehe, Familie und Ordnung ins Wanken bringt. Und während man liest, ahnt man: Es geht gar nicht nur um Fleisch. Es geht darum, wie viel Freiheit ein Körper haben ...

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Torsten LarbigOct 13
Eine Meditation über die Farbe Weiß. In Südkorea ist Weiß auch die Farbe der Trauer. Und so verbindet die Literatur-Nobelpreisträgerin des Jahres 2024 in diesem bereits 2016 erschienen Werk, Erinnerung an eine Schwester, die sie nie gekannt hat, mit dem, was sie europäischen Stadt erlebt, die im winterlichen Halbschlaf ihr begegnet. Ein knappes Werk von #HanKang, fast ein #Prosagedicht, nicht so stark wie #DieVegetarierin, aber dennoch bereichernd. #kurzrezension #buchbesprechung #fbm25 #fbm2025
EL PAÍS: el periódico globalOct 9

El húngaro László Krasznahorkai, Premio Nobel de Literatura 2025

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://elpais.com/cultura/2025-10-09/premio-nobel-de-literatura.html

Klarkatze☀️Sep 29

At the cafe which sell caramels. Reading a book «Huin (white)» of Hang Kang

#cafe #caramel #book #HanKang

ムラカミロキ -MurakamiLoki-Sep 26

西荻駅前の路上でハン・ガン『少年が来る』を朗読する会。
#西荻路哲

#韓江 #한강 #HanKang #소년이온다 #HumanActs #東京 #Tokyo #西荻窪 #NishiOgikubo
https://www.instagram.com/p/DPEQYgWEtda/

†Sep 19
Mi plan de viernes va a consistir en: pizza, cerveza y La Vegetariana de Han Kang.
(Ni tan mal).
#LaVegetariana #HanKang #Literatura #LiteraturaCoreana
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Jonathan Emmesedi3d ago

Following my post here

https://c.im/@jemmesedi/115483897308266747

I got hold of a copy of "The Vegetarian" and finished it this afternoon.

On one level, this novel - or is it a trilogy of linked novellas? - is a critique in fiction of the repression of women in socially conservative South Korea.

Yet "The Vegetarian" is much more than that, questioning as it does our distinctions between sanity and madness, care and cruelty, and humanity and nature.

More disturbing for me than all the body horror aspects of the book was the suggestion that a supreme moment of creative expression might be inextricably bound up with cruelty, exploitation, and betrayal.

At just under two hundred pages, this is not a long read. Thanks to @isa for your recommendation!

#Books #TheVegetarian #HanKang #Fiction #Literature #KoreanLiterature #SouthKorea

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Show threadisa2d ago
@jemmesedi hell yeah, glad you enjoyed it. i definitely leaned into the feminist themes while reading this, i was boiling inside at points. i also read this many years ago, during my uni days. i think i might have to give this a re-read!