Literary Horror Book Club: The Vegetarian

In partnership with Emma's Torch join the Carroll Gardens Library for our Literary Horror Book Club—where the real terror lives between the lines!

We will dive into stories that don't just go bump on the night, but linger in your thoughts long after the last page. Think atmosphere thick as fog, characters unraveling at the seams and fears that hit a little too close to home.

 

July's Book:  The Vegetarian by Han Kang

Already read the book? Come join our discussion!

From the Publisher:

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 small act of independence, but it interrupts her marriage and sets into motion an increasingly grotesque chain of events at home. As her husband, her brother-in-law and sister each fight to reassert their control, Yeong-hye obsessively defends the choice that’s become sacred to her. Soon their attempts turn desperate, subjecting first her mind, and then her body, to ever more intrusive and perverse violations, sending Yeong-hye spiraling into a dangerous, bizarre estrangement, not only from those closest to her, but also from herself.

Celebrated by critics around the world, The Vegetarian is a darkly allegorical, Kafka-esque tale of power, obsession, and one woman’s struggle to break free from the violence both without and within her.