The Vegetarian

the vague memory of an old emotion.

Only the violence is vivid enough to stick.

The very idea that there should be this other side to her, one where she selfishly did as she pleased, was astonishing. Who would have thought she could be so unreasonable?

I couldn’t get my head around it. It wasn’t as though she had shapely breasts which might suit the “no-bra look.” I would have preferred her to go around wearing one that was thickly padded, so that I could save face in front of my acquaintances.

couldn’t get my head around it. It wasn’t as though she had shapely breasts which might suit the “no-bra look.” I would have preferred her to go around wearing one that was thickly padded, so that I could save face in front of my acquaintances.

“You’re insane! You’ve completely lost it.”

In the five years we’d been married, this was the first time I’d had to go to work without her handing me my things and seeing me off.

her. In the five years we’d been married, this was the first time I’d had to go to work without her handing me my things and seeing me off.

the five years we’d been married, this was the first time I’d had to go to work without her handing me my things and seeing me off.

Are you crazy? Why didn’t you wake me up? What time is…”