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语种:
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eng |
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中图分类法:
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I312.645 版次： |
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著者:
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Han, Kang, |
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题名:
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The vegetarian : [ a novel ] / , |
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载体形态:
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183 pages ; 22 cm |
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附注:
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Translated from the Korean. |
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内容提要:
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Yeong-hye and her husband are ordinary people. He is an office worker with moderate ambitions and mild manners; she is an uninspired but dutiful wife. The acceptable flatline of their marriage is interrupted when Yeong-hye, seeking a more 'plant-like' existence, decides to become a vegetarian, prompted by grotesque recurring nightmares. In South Korea, where vegetarianism is almost unheard-of and societal mores are strictly obeyed, Yeong-hye's decision is a shocking act of subversion. Her passive rebellion manifests in ever more bizarre and frightening forms, leading her bland husband to self-justified acts of sexual sadism. His cruelties drive her towards attempted suicide and hospitalisation. She unknowingly captivates her sister's husband, a video artist. She becomes the focus of his increasingly erotic and unhinged artworks, while spiralling further and further into her fantasies of abandoning her fleshly prison and becoming - impossibly, ecstatically - a tree. Fraught, disturbing and beautiful, The Vegetarian is a novel about modern day South Korea, but also a novel about shame, desire and our faltering attempts to understand others, from one imprisoned body to another. |
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主题词:
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Women |
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主题词:
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Vegetarians |
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主题词:
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Dreams |
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主题词:
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Families |
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主要责任者:
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Smith, Deborah, Smith, Deborah, |