THE KOREAN CULT CLASSIC PHENOMENON
IF PARASITE WERE A RECORD-BREAKING BOOK SENSATION
OVER A QUARTER OF A MILLION COPIES SOLD
'An instant cult classic... You have to read it' HARPER'S BAZAAR
'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
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 the man 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 her soulmate 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.
YOU ARE W?H?A?T? WHO YOU EAT
Rezensionen / Stimmen
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 Unusual, bold and an instant cult classic, you have to read it to believe it * Harper's Bazaar * Read at your own peril -- Frances Cha, author of If I Had Your Face A haunting novella, as slender as it is profound, where cannibalism is the highest form of devotion -- Ling Ling Huang, author of Natural Beauty A gutting, unforgettable ode to doomed love. Which is to say, all love -- Henry Hoke, author of Open Throat Hunger glistens with raw and primal romance. I could not put it down -- Jade Song, author of Chlorine Mesmerising. Inject it into my veins again -- Irenosen Okojie, author of Nudibranch Desperate tragedy meets raw beauty. Hunger will consume you as you consume it -- Dean Atta, author of The Black Flamingo A novella of remarkable depth. I savoured every word -- Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi, author of The Centre
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Höhe: 198 mm
Breite: 126 mm
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978-1-84091-902-8 (9781840919028)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
CHOI JIN-YOUNG is one of South Korea's best-known authors. Her career started in 2006 when she won the Silcheon Literature Debut Author Award. She has since won many more, including the Shin Dong-yup Literary Prize, Manhae Literary Prize and, most recently, the Yi Sang Literary Award.
