News [Book] The Vegetarian Wins Man Booker International Prize, £ 50,000

[Joe]

The Vegetarian (Korean: 채식주의자) is a South Korean three-part novella written by Han Kang and first published in 2007. Set in modern-day Seoul, it tells the story of Yeong-hye, a home-maker who has a dream which causes her to become a vegetarian. This decision eventually results in uprooting her whole existence.
... In 2016, it won the Man Booker International Prize. ... The book became the first winner of the Man Booker International Prize for which only one work of the author was judged, as compared to previous wins which were given for collective works by the author. The prize money of GB£ 50,000 will be shared by both Han [author] and Smith [translator].

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[Second Summer]

From the Wikipedia article:

The third part comes from the narration of Yeong-hye's elder sister, who manages a cosmetic parlor. She narrates how Yeong-hye's vegetarianism grows to severe levels of madness, in which she starts abstaining from many social norms. Eventually Yeong-hye is admitted to a mental hospital and happily proclaims herself to be no longer an animal.

Sounds intense ...!