Hunger

De: Choi Jin-young, Soje - translator

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

A sleeper hit with over a QUARTER OF A MILLION copies sold

THE KOREAN CULT CLASSIC PHENOMENON
'Perfect reading for fans of BUTTER and Nobel-Prize winning THE VEGETARIAN' WATERSTONES

'A feast for the literary senses' ANTON HUR, judge of the INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE

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 happens next reverberates from this realm into the next, where the man is witnessing his own funeral.

Together, the lovers lament a lifetime of working their fingers to the bone in a country sucking everyone dry - but a choice has already been made. The woman is beating them at their own barbaric game, eating and entombing the body in her own where her soulmate will live again.

The word-of-mouth sensation that everyone has an opinion on, 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.

HUNGER was a top bestseller for over half a year, breaking records for literary fiction in South Korea.

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'Raw beauty... It will consume you as you consume it' DEAN ATTA, author of The Black Flamingo

'I savoured every word. A novel of remarkable depth' AYESHA MANAZIR SIDDIQI, author of The Centre

'A gutting, unforgettable ode to doomed love' HENRY HOKE, author of Open Throat

'Mesmerising... Inject it into my veins again' IRENOSEN OKOJIE, author of Nudibranch

'A hefty work of creative genius' BARBARA ZITWER, author of The Korean Book of Happiness

'Written with exceptional deftness and profound insight' MONIKA KIM, author of The Eyes Are the Best Part

'What a propulsive, strangely tender book... Incredibly moving' E.K. SATHUE, author of youthjuice

'Lyrical and dark, delicate and cruel... You will devour this' JUNG-MYUNG LEE, author of The Investigation

'Every word of this leaves a delicious, stinging aftertaste' SUNG RYU, translator of Choi Eun-young©2015 Choi Jin-young (P)2015 Orion Publishing Group Limited