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Hunger by Choi Jin-young

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Hunger

Publisher
Octopus
Publish Date
26 June 2025
Run Time
2 hours 54 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Rating
3.0 (1 review)

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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

Critics Review

  • An instant cult classic. You have to read it to believe it

    Harper's Bazaar

  • A feast for the literary senses

    Anton Hur, translator of Cursed Bunny

  • Ambitious... A compelling read that will leave you wondering

    Esquire

  • If Parasite takes a wide angle, Hunger uses a tight shot in the vein of Han Kang's The Vegetarian

    ArtReview

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  • Hunger cuts to the heart. Read at your peril

    Frances Cha, author of If I Had Your Face

  • Mesmerising. Inject it into my veins again

    Irenosen Okojie, author of Nudibranch

  • A novella as slender as it is profound

    Ling Ling Huang, author of Natural Beauty

  • A gutting, unforgettable ode to doomed love. Which is to say, all love

    Henry Hoke, author of Open Throat

  • Hunger glistens with raw and primal romance. I could not put it down

    Jade Song, author of Chlorine

  • I savoured every word. A novel of remarkable depth

    Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi, author of The Centre

User Reviews

Book 3.0

Narration 4.0

  • 3.0 4.0

    Intensely primal and haunting. Your classic doomed love story but this time, it's not just because the characters are incapable of talking to each other!

    SedgeWren 2026-03-18

Details

Author
Choi Jin-young
Narrator
Dominic Dong-Hyun Lim, Minhee Yeo
Duration
2 hours 54 minutes
Release Date
26 June 2025
ISBN
9781840919059
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Octopus
Genre
Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Fiction in translation
Rating
3.0(1 review)
Narration
4.0(1 review)

Synopsis

THE RECORD-BREAKING KOREAN DARK-ROMANCE SENSATIONWhen 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' CRIMEREADSI 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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