Hunger
The CULT CLASSIC that sold a QUARTER OF A MILLION copies
Choi Jin-young author Soje translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Octopus Publishing Group
Publishing:26th Jun '25
£16.99
This title is due to be published on 26th June, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
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
'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
'A short novel, but a hefty work of creative genius' BARBARA ZITWER, author of The Korean Book of Happiness
'I savoured every word. A novel of remarkable depth' AYESHA MANAZIR SIDDIQI, author of The Centre
'Written with exceptional deftness and profound insight' MONIKA KIM, author of The Eyes Are the Best Part
'Lyrical and dark, delicate and cruel... You will devour this' JUNG-MYUNG LEE, author of The Investigation
'What a propulsive, strangely tender book... Incredibly moving' E.K. SATHUE, author of youthjuice
'A heart-moving novel' NOW IN SEOUL
Desperate tragedy meets raw beauty in this intimate and unflinching love story so specific and vividly rendered that it will consume you as you consume it -- Dean Atta, author of The Black Flamingo
Hunger satisfies every literary appetite and taste bud with its heartbreaking, poetic, one-of-a-kind writing style. A short novel, but a hefty work of creative genius -- Barbara Zitwer, author of The Korean Book of Happiness
Hunger delves into the raw desperation of grief... Choi's poignant meditation on loss and heartbreak is written with exceptional deftness and profound insight -- Monika Kim, author of The Eyes Are the Best Part
Soje brings Choi Jin-young's bestseller about a most extraordinary form of mourning into sharp and satiating clarity. Hunger is a sparse but taut narrative that delivers on an unlikely feast for the literary senses in its shocking premise and precise language -- Anton Hur, judge of the International Booker Prize
I savoured every word. This gem of a novel, so slim it could almost be mistaken for a zine, is one of remarkable depth and an expansive exploration of how love can transcend time and space -- Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi, author of The Centre
What a propulsive, strangely tender book... Incredibly moving -- E.K. Sathue, author of youthjuice
Choi describes life and death in her both lyrical and dark, delicate and cruel voice. You will devour this potentially horrific, beautifully written novel -- Jung-Myung Lee, author of The Investigation
A heart-moving novel * Now in Seoul *
ISBN: 9781840919011
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
208 pages