Hunger
Trade Paperback
Romeo & Juliet meets The Vegetarian in the Korean cult classic phenomenon
I could go to the police station and confess.
I could find a priest and confess.I ate a person. Is that sin?ROMEO & JULIET meets THE VEGETARIAN in the Korean cult classic phenomenon that sold half a million copiesWhen writer Dam discovers her boyfriend, Gu, murdered on the street, she cradles his corpse to her heart and tells him one last story. A string of monologues and meditations looping between this realm and the next blossoms into the tale of two twin flames starved of luck until death do them part - or part by part...At the end, Dam confesses: she has been slowly eating the dead man cradled in her arms, who she has lovingly washed, embalmed, and chosen to bury in herself - where he will now live - forever...At once romantic and horrific, HUNGER is a psychologically and philosophically thrilling love story cutting to the very heart of our barbaric wrestle with death.Buy now!
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- ISBN: 9781840919011
- Author: Choi Jin-young
- Pub date: 29.04.25
- RRP: $34.99
- Format: Paperback / softback
Author
Choi Jin-young
Choi Jin-young is one of Korea's most celebrated authors. Her career started in 2006 when she won the Silcheon Literature Debut Author Award. She has since won many more including the Hankyoreh Literary Award, Shin Dong-yup Literary Prize, Baek Shin-ae Literature Award, Manhae Prize for Literature and, most recently, the Yi Sang Literary Award.