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The Vegetarian A Novel

Han Kang

FROM HAN KANG, WINNER OF THE 2024 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Before the nightmares began, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary, controlled life. But the dreams—invasive images of blood and brutality—torture her, driving Yeong-hye to purge her mind and renounce eating meat altogether. It’s a s...

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The book was cited as the novel that earned the International Booker Prize in 2016 and contributed to the author's Nobel Literature Prize win.

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The 53-yearyearold whose novel The Vegetarian won the International Booker Prize in 2016 is the first Asian woman and first South Korean writer to win the Nobel Literature Prize.

— Episode: 2PM ET 10/10/2024 Newscast

Episode: 2PM ET 10/10/2024 Newscast

The book was cited as the novel that earned the International Booker Prize in 2016 and contributed to the author's Nobel Literature Prize win.

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The 53-yearyearold whose novel The Vegetarian won the International Booker Prize in 2016 is the first Asian woman and first South Korean writer to win the Nobel Literature Prize.

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The segment noted that Han Kang won the 2016 Booker International Prize for The Vegetarian, describing it as a story about a woman who stops eating meat and eventually stops eating anything, reflecting a paradoxical quest for selfpreservation that leads toward death.

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In 2016, she won the Booker International Prize for her book The Vegetarian, which is about a woman who stops eating meat and then stops eating anything. In this way, she believes she's saving herself...

— Episode: NPR News: 10-10-2024 7PM EDT

Episode: NPR News: 10-10-2024 7PM EDT

The segment noted that Han Kang won the 2016 Booker International Prize for The Vegetarian, describing it as a story about a woman who stops eating meat and eventually stops eating anything, reflecting a paradoxical quest for selfpreservation that leads toward death.

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In 2016, she won the Booker International Prize for her book The Vegetarian, which is about a woman who stops eating meat and then stops eating anything. In this way, she believes she's saving herself, but ironically, she's approaching death.

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