Max Porter on publishing The Vegetarian: 'Everyone agreed that this was an important book'
Max Porter explains the process behind the publication of The Vegetarian by Han Kang, and why it was essential that it reached new readers
Book of the Month: The Vegetarian by Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith
In 2016, The Vegetarian won the International Booker Prize, the first time the award was given to a single book
Upon its win, the International Booker Prize judges said it was a book that had an ‘uncanny blend of beauty and horror at every turn’ and that it ‘will linger long in the minds, and maybe the dreams, of its readers’.
From reading guides and competitions to illuminating features, find out more about our July Book of the Month here.
- 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. Translated by Deborah Smith.
