The Vegetarian: A Novel

"Han Kang’s slim and surreal book won the Man Booker International Prize for fiction this year. Yeong-hye has a bloody and frightening dream that causes her to become a vegetarian, to the shock of her husband and family. Soon she refuses to eat, and she is committed to a psychiatric hospital where she does handstands in the hallway so that she can become a tree. Yeong-hye’s determination leads her to madness, and her enlightenment brings her closer to death. The Vegetarian reads like a modern telling of “The Yellow Wallpaper” — so if you are looking for a literary fever dream, this one’s for you."