THE KOREAN CULT CLASSIC PHENOMENON


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I had chosen, you see, and no gun, no law, no God could stop me now. Only him.

A woman sees her man murdered on the street – and time stands still.

Until she cradles his corpse to her chest and carries it home, where she disinfects every inch of skin before seating herself to begin. What follows reverberates from this realm into the next, where her soulmate is witnessing his own funeral.

Together, the lovers lament a lifetime of working themselves to the bone in a country sucking everyone dry – but time’s up. The woman is already eating and beating capitalism at its own barbaric game, entombing the body in her own where he will live again.

The word-of-mouth literary sensation on everyone’s lips, Hunger is a psychologically and philosophically thrilling cult classic that cuts to the very heart of love, money, and the things they do to us.

‘A feast for the literary senses’ ANTON HUR, Judge of the International Booker Prize

‘A work of creative genius’ BARBARA ZITWER, Agent of Nobel Prize-winning The Vegetarian

‘As slender as it is profound’ LING LING HUANG, Author of Natural Beauty

‘Read at your peril’ FRANCES CHA, Author of If I Had Your Face

‘Unforgettable’ HENRY HOKE, Author of Open Throat

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Reviews

A hefty work of creative genius that satisfies every literary taste bud
Barbara Zitwer, agent of Nobel Prize-winning The Vegetarian
A novella of remarkable depth. I savoured every word
Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi, author of The Centre
Desperate tragedy meets raw beauty. Hunger will consume you as you consume it
Dean Atta, author of The Black Flamingo
A feast for the literary senses
Anton Hur, Judge of the International Booker Prize
A hefty work of creative genius that satisfies every literary taste bud
Barbara Zitwer, agent of Nobel Prize-winning The Vegetarian
A novella of remarkable depth. I savoured every word
Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi, author of The Centre
Desperate tragedy meets raw beauty. Hunger will consume you as you consume it
Dean Atta, author of The Black Flamingo
A feast for the literary senses
Anton Hur, Judge of the International Booker Prize
A gutting, unforgettable ode to doomed love. Which is to say, all love
Henry Hoke, author of Open Throat
Mesmerising. Inject it into my veins again
Irenosen Okojie, author of Nudibranch
A haunting novella as slender as it is profound where cannibalism is the highest form of devotion
Ling Ling Huang, author of Natural Beauty
Read at your own peril
Frances Cha, author of If I Had Your Face
Hunger glistens with raw and primal romance. I could not put it down
Jade Song, author of Chlorine