However, its American release from Hogarth in a slightly different translation, should encourage a new round of well deserved attention. Despite being available in Canada in the UK edition, the book has received relatively little attention on this side of the Atlantic. The Vegetarian, a novel by Korean author Han Kang, confidently translated by Deborah Smith, met with resounding critical praise when it was released in the UK early last year. Blood in my mouth, blood-soaked clothes sucked into my skin.” Try to push past but the meat, there’s no end to the meat, and no exit. A long bamboo stick strung with great blood-red gashes of meat, blood still dripping down. Straw matting flapping limp across the door. Across the frozen ravine, a red barn-like building. This place, almost remembered, but I’m lost now. The sharp-pointed leaves on the trees, my torn feet.
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