PhxArt Book Club - The Vegetarian by Han Kang

This fall, PhxArt is proud to present a major retrospective of the renowned contemporary South Korean artist Kim Chong Hak, whose acclaimed mature work focuses on nature, landscapes, and vegetation. The Vegetarian, by Nobel Prize-winning South Korean author Han Kang, is an intense, hypnotic, and terrifying book colored with shades of Kafkaesque horror about the psychological undoing of a woman. Yeong-hye, commits to becoming a vegetarian against her family’s wishes and despite being part of a highly carnivorous culture. One of the strangest and most memorable books I’ve read in years, this one will linger with you. This program is intended for audiences 18 years and older.