NMLP P-010955 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Vegetarian

Han Kang (trans. Deborah Smith) · Portobello Books (London) · 2015

The Korean original (Changbi, 2007) is the true first of the work. The Portobello 2015 hardback is the true first in English (Smith translation) and the prize-winning edition; the first English printing in jacket is the key collectible.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-010955 for "The Vegetarian" by Han Kang (trans. Deborah Smith) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-010955, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).