Fraught, disturbing, and beautiful, Han Kang’s novel is about shame and desire, and our faltering attempts to understand the lives of others
By Han Kang
Translated by Deborah Smith
Deborah Smith
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Deborah Smith FRSL is a British translator of Korean fiction. She translated Man Booker International Prize 2016-winning novel The Vegetarian by Korean author Han Kang
After graduating from the University of Cambridge, Smith began learning Korean in 2009, after discovering that there were few translations into English of Korean literature. In 2015, Smith founded Tilted Axis Press, a non-profit publishing house devoted to books that ‘might not otherwise make it into English’. In June 2018 she was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
The Vegetarian
Winner of The International Booker Prize 2016
- By
- Han Kang
- Translated by
- Deborah Smith
- Published by
- Portobello Books
Fraught, disturbing, and beautiful, Han Kang’s novel is about shame and desire, and our faltering attempts to understand the lives of others
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