Originally published at: The Vegetarian by Han Kang: A Nobel-Winning Story of Courage and Choice
Han Kang’s The Vegetarian has become a global phenomenon, a book that first earned the International Booker Prize and in 2024 elevated its author to the Nobel Prize in Literature for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life. Born in 1970 in South Korea, Han Kang is…