Hunger

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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.

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SKU: 9781840919028 Category: Tags: , , Publisher/imprint : Brazen
Page count : 208
Published on 9th April, 2026

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THE RECORD-BREAKING KOREAN DARK-ROMANCE SENSATION

When hunger consumes you, what can be left of morality?

HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD ACROSS 10 LANGUAGES

‘An instant cult classic. You have to read it’ HARPER’S BAZAAR
‘If Parasite takes a wide angle, Hunger uses a tight shot’ ARTREVIEW
‘Ambitious… A compelling read’ ESQUIRE
‘An instant cult classic’ CRIMEREADS

I could go to the police and confess. I could visit the priest and confess.
I ate a person. Is that a sin?

On an ordinary afternoon, a woman finds her soulmate dead in the street. She cradles the body to her chest and carries it home, where she disinfects every inch before beginning her macabre task.

As the man witnesses his own interment from beyond, their two voices – living and dead – tell of a country where the rich feast and the poor starve. But this woman is no longer willing to bow before law, money, or God.

A decade in the making, Hunger is a psychologically and philosophically thrilling cult phenomenon about love, capitalism, and the things they do to us.

‘A feast for the literary senses’ ANTON HUR, translator of Cursed Bunny
‘A novel as slender as it is profound’ LING LING HUANG, author of Natural Beauty
‘A gutting, unforgettable ode’ HENRY HOKE, author of Open Throat
‘Cuts to the heart. Read at your peril’ FRANCES CHA, author of If I Had Your Face

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Weight 0.129 kg
Dimensions 19.6 × 12.4 × 1.8 cm
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