Hunger
Romeo & Juliet meets The Vegetarian in the Korean cult classic that defined a generation
Author: Choi Jin-young
ROMEO & JULIET meets THE VEGETARIAN, HUNGER is the quarter-of-a-million-copy Korean cult classic phenomenon that defined a generation
28th April 2025
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ROMEO & JULIET meets THE VEGETARIAN, HUNGER is the quarter-of-a-million-copy Korean cult classic phenomenon that defined a generation
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I COULD GO TO THE POLICE STATION AND CONFESS. I COULD FIND A PRIEST AND CONFESS. I ATE A PERSON. IS THAT A SIN?
ROMEO & JULIET meets THE VEGETARIAN, HUNGER is the quarter-of-a-million-copy Korean cult classic phenomenon that defined a generationIt begins at the end. When writer Dam discovers her soulmate, Gu, murdered in cold blood on the street, she cradles his corpse to her chest and begins to tell him one last story.A chain of monologues snaking between this realm and the next coalesce into the timeless tale of two conjoined souls who, together, persevere through adult life in an unidentified Korean city. It's a love story starved by bad luck and missed chances until death do them part - or part by part as the lovers choose a different ending...Dam confesses that she has been slowly eating Gu, whose cradled corpse she has lovingly washed, embalmed and chosen to bury in her own - where he will rest - forever.At once romantic and horrific, HUNGER is a psychologically thrilling love story cutting to the very heart of existence, grief, and how brutally we rage - tooth and nail - against the savage finality of death.FOR LOVERS of translated fiction by HAN KANG, MIEKO KAWAKAMI and BANANA YOSHIMOTOAbout the Author
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. Her novels include A Neverending Song and The Name of that Girl Who Passed by You Is....
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28th April 2025
