10 Books That Will Take You on a Foreign Literary Adventure
Come with us on an exotic literary adventure where you will encounter writers from around the world—courtesy of their English translators.
By Dotun Akintoye, Constance Capone and Nicholas Valsalen
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The Vegetarian
By Han Kang
192 pages;
Hogarth
Translated by Deborah Smith
Indebted to Kafka, this story of a South Korean woman's radical transformation, which begins after she forsakes meat, will have you reading with your hand over your mouth in shock.
— Dotun Akintoye
Published 01/22/2016