Hunger
'An instant cult classic. You have to read it' HARPER'S BAZAAR
Published on 26. June 2025
Book
Hardback
144 pages
978-1-84601-625-7 (ISBN)
Description
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
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
Reviews / Votes
An instant cult classic. You have to read it to believe it * HARPER'S BAZAAR * A feast for the literary senses -- Anton Hur, Translator of Cursed Bunny A feast for the literary senses -- Anton Hur, Translator of Cursed Bunny Hunger is as slender as it is profound -- LING LING HUANG, author of Natural Beauty A gutting, unforgettable ode to doomed love -- HENRY HOKE, author of Open Throat Cuts to the heart. Read at your peril -- FRANCES CHA, author of If I Had Your Face I could not put it down -- JADE SONG, author of Chlorine Mesmerising. Inject it into my veins again -- IRENOSEN OKOJIE, author of NudibranchMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Octopus Publishing Group
Product notice
Trade binding
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
256 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84601-625-7 (9781846016257)
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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.