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THE KOREAN CULT CLASSIC PHENOMENON YOU ARE W?H?A?T? 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

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Hauntingly disturbing and feverish with love, Hunger cuts to the heart. Read at your own peril. -- Frances Cha, author of If I Had Your Face 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 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 Mesmerising. This is a riveting, dark and strangely beautiful book. Inject it into my veins again -- Irenosen Okojie, author of Nudibranch 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 A book as slender and strange as it is moving and profound, Hunger is a haunting elegy where cannibalism is the highest form of devotion, and love has the power to give nourishment to the most impoverished lives. I was enraptured -- Ling Ling Huang, author of Natural Beauty 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 A gutting, unforgettable ode to doomed love. Which is to say, all love -- Henry Hoke, author of Open Throat Choi Jin-young's intense novella glistens with raw and primal romance, offering love as the victory over everything that seeks to destroy. I loved it and could not put it down -- Jade Song, author of Chlorine 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 poignant love story about a mouth that eats its meals, a mouth that whispers love, and a mouth that bites into a lover's body -- Dolki Min, author of Walking Practice The true cannibal in the story is not the narrator but the gluttonous society that sucks people's bones dry. Every word of this ultimate love story - painstakingly fed to us by Choi Jin-young and Soje - leaves a delicious, stinging aftertaste -- Sung Ryu, translator Choi Eun-young A heart-moving novel * Now in Seoul *

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CHOI JIN-YOUNG is one of South Korea's best-known authors. Her career started in 2006 when she won the Silcheon Literature Debut Author Award. She has since won many more, including the Shin Dong-yup Literary Prize, Manhae Literary Prize and, most recently, the Yi Sang Literary Award.

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