A sad dream and a memory lane of grief
Book Title: The Vegetarian Book Author: Han Kang A few days ago, after a date with my best friend puki, I slipped into a bookstore last minute before they closed it. There I spotted an edition of The Vegetarian , the cover looked dark, and mysterious. Quickly I shopped 3 or 4 books including it, an immense guilty pleasure rushed into me. Back at home, I peeked into the book. After reading one or two pages, I got lost into Han Kang’s world - dark, psychologically charged and; restless to know where the story goes. I was walking with the book opened and folded in my hands. I was commuting in a public bus and reading, almost missing my stoppage. And finally got late to sleep at night, when I finished the book. The next morning, I overslept. I was awakened by a very sad dream. In the dream I saw that it was the last day of my cadet college (this similar dream comes to me often). I was worrying that I did not complete my Biology syllabus, even though it’s my fourth subject, I would not get ...
