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Han Kang’s THE VEGETARIAN Wins Man Booker International Prize
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Han Kang’s THE VEGETARIAN Wins Man Booker International Prize

ByGraham Oliver

Last week, the winner of the newly refocused Man Booker International Prize was announced to be The Vegetarian, a novel by the Korean writer Han Kang, translated into English by Deborah Smith. Originally published as three novellas, the book is the surreal story of Yeong-hye, a young Korean woman who stops eating meat as a…