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International Booker Prize いんたーなしょなるぶっかーしょう

Edition 7 (2016)

International literary prizeTranslated literatureFiction

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Han Kang はん・がん Winner

A three-part novel about Yeong-hye, whose refusal to eat meat unsettles her family and exposes violence, desire, shame, and the limits of social understanding. The English translation won the 2016 International Booker Prize.

192 pages
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