{"product_id":"hunger-by-choi-jin-young-9781840919011","title":"Hunger","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo law, no gun, no God could stop me now. Only him.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE KOREAN CULT CLASSIC PHENOMENON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA once-in-a-generation hit with over a quarter of a million copies sold\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A feast for the literary senses' ANTON HUR, judge of the INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eBUTTER\u003c\/i\u003e and Nobel-Prize winning \u003ci\u003eTHE VEGETARIAN\u003c\/i\u003e' WATERSTONES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA woman sees her man murdered on the street - and time stands still.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUntil 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTogether, the lovers lament a lifetime of working themselves to the bone in a country sucking everyone dry - but it's too late. The woman is already eating and beating them at their own barbaric game, entombing the body in her own where her soulmate will live again.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe word-of-mouth sensation that's on everyone's lips, \u003ci\u003eHunger\u003c\/i\u003e is a psychologically and philosophically thrilling cult classic that cuts to the very heart of love, money, and the things they do to us.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHunger\u003c\/i\u003e charted for over half a year, breaking records for literary fiction in South Korea.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Read at your peril' \u003c\/b\u003eFRANCES CHA, author of \u003ci\u003eIf I Had Your Face\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Raw beauty... It will consume you as you consume it'\u003c\/b\u003e DEAN ATTA, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Black Flamingo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'As slender as it is profound' \u003c\/b\u003eLING LING HUANG, author of \u003ci\u003eNatural Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I could not put it down'\u003c\/b\u003e JADE SONG, author of \u003ci\u003eChlorine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A hefty work of creative genius'\u003c\/b\u003e BARBARA ZITWER, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Korean Book of Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46368973586668,"sku":"9781840919011","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781840919011.jpg?v=1744784532","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/hunger-by-choi-jin-young-9781840919011","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}