Hunger

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THE KOREAN CULT CLASSIC PHENOMENON


YOU ARE W̶H̶A̶T̶ WHO YOU EAT


A QUARTER OF A MILLION COPIES SOLD


‘A feast for the literary senses’ ANTON HUR, Judge of the INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE


‘Perfect for fans of BUTTER and Nobel Prize-winning THE VEGETARIAN’ WATERSTONES


No law, no gun, no God could stop me now. Only him.


A woman finds 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 them at their own barbaric game as she entombs the body in her own, where her soulmate will live again.

The word-of-mouth 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.

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

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

‘I could not put it down’ JADE SONG, author of Chlorine

‘It will consume you as you consume it’ DEAN ATTA, author of The Black Flamingo

‘Unforgettable’ HENRY HOKE, author of Open Throat

‘A hefty work of creative genius’ BARBARA ZITWER, agent of Han Kang

Reviews

Hunger delivers an unlikely feast for the literary senses
Anton Hur, judge of the International Booker Prize
Hunger delivers an unlikely feast for the literary senses
Anton Hur, judge of the International Booker Prize
Hunger glistens with raw and primal romance. I could not put it down
Jade Song, author of Chlorine
Hunger satisfies every literary appetite and taste bud. A hefty work of creative genius
Barbara Zitwer, author of The Korean Book of Happiness
Hunger satisfies every literary appetite and taste bud. A hefty work of creative genius
Barbara Zitwer, author of The Korean Book of Happiness
A book as slender as it is profound, Hunger is a haunting elegy where cannibalism is the highest form of devotion. I was enraptured
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
Desperate tragedy meets raw beauty. Hunger will consume you as you consume it
Dean Atta, author of The Black Flamingo
Desperate tragedy meets raw beauty. Hunger will consume you as you consume it
Dean Atta, author of The Black Flamingo
I savoured every word of this slim gem. A novel of remarkable depth
Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi, author of The Centre
I savoured every word of this slim gem. A novel of remarkable depth
Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi, author of The Centre
Mesmerising. Inject it into my veins again
Irenosen Okojie, author of Nudibranch
Read at your own peril
Frances Cha, author of If I Had Your Face
What a propulsive, strangely tender book... Incredibly moving
E.K. Sathue, author of youthjuice
What a propulsive, strangely tender book... Incredibly moving
E.K. Sathue, author of youthjuice
A poignant meditation written with exceptional deftness and profound insight
Monika Kim, author of The Eyes Are the Best Part
A poignant meditation written with exceptional deftness and profound insight
Monika Kim, author of The Eyes Are the Best Part