The Vegetarian by Han Kang

May 1, 2025

Chalk this one up under the “are these women crazy or do they just vehemently realize their autonomy and reject the (patriarchal) trappings of modern life?” category of books that I have read, which also includes

This book did not bring much to the table for me from a big-overarching-message perspective, but I did really enjoy the eerie weirdness - lots of “wait… what?” moments in here - and I love the above-mentioned conceit. The translation was very well done.

I have been practicing hand stands, they are extremely hard.

I want to paint flowers all over my body now (but that’s it, I swear).