Yuntong Liu

Transgressive identity and society in Han Kang’s “The Vegetarian”

Transgressive identity and society in Han Kang’s “The Vegetarian”

The works of South Korean author Han Kang, including her acclaimed novels “The Vegetarian,” “Human Acts,” “The White Book” and “Greek Lessons,” are now available as English-language translations at the Odyssey Bookshop. Han Kang, a 2024 Nobel Laureate, is celebrated for exploring complex human experiences in her works. Han Kang was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life," according to the award’s official description on the Nobel Prize website.