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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

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

THE KOREAN CULT CLASSIC PHENOMENON

IF PARASITE WERE A RECORD-BREAKING BOOK SENSATION

OVER A QUARTER OF A MILLION COPIES SOLD

''An instant cult classic... You have to read it to believe it'' HARPER''S BAZAAR''A feast for the literary senses'' ANTON HUR, Judge of the International Booker Prize''A work of genius'' BARBARA ZITWER, Agent of Nobel Prize-winning The VegetarianNo gun, no law, no God could stop me now. Only him.A woman sees 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 capitalism at its own barbaric game, entombing the body in her own where her soulmate will live again.The word-of-mouth literary 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.AUTHORS LOVE IT:''Unforgettable'' HENRY HOKE, Author of Open Throat''As slender as it is profound'' LING LING HUANG, Author of Natural Beauty''Read at your peril'' FRANCES CHA, Author of If I Had Your FaceAND READERS LOVE IT:''Hunger is my favourite novel, by far'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐''One of the best pieces of literature I''ve ever read'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐''If only I could give it 6 stars'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

YOU ARE W̶H̶A̶T̶ WHO YOU EAT

THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE RECORD-BREAKING AUTHOR OF HUNGER 'An instant cult classic. You have to read it' HARPER'S BAZAARWhat is the date today? Here, time doesn't pass in days. I wouldn't be surprised if spring slid straight into summer, if I looked at a clear lake and saw an old woman in my reflection.A mutant virus has swept half of the world's population overnight. The known world has collapsed. The new world is a lawless place where children's livers are believed to provide immunity.In one apartment block, an unlikely pack break out of quarantine in a stolen lorry and brave an achingly empty world once teeming with colour. The desolate reaches of Eurasia are signposted with fellow defectors and found family.A wandering travel agent.A mixed-race divorcee embracing her sacred desire.A deaf girl traversing the frozen continent barefoot.How do you find a way forward in a world turned upside down? A novel about our will to live and love until the very end, Everything Happened at Once charts the intimate landscapes of humans making liferafts out of the small miracles of the everyday.

THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE RECORD-BREAKING AUTHOR OF HUNGER 'An instant cult classic. You have to read it' HARPER'S BAZAARWhat is the date today? Here, time doesn't pass in days. I wouldn't be surprised if spring slid straight into summer, if I looked at a clear lake and saw an old woman in my reflection.A mutant virus has swept half of the world's population overnight. The known world has collapsed. The new world is a lawless place where children's livers are believed to provide immunity.In one apartment block, an unlikely pack break out of quarantine in a stolen lorry and brave an achingly empty world once teeming with colour. The desolate reaches of Eurasia are signposted with fellow defectors and found family.A wandering travel agent.A mixed-race divorcee embracing her sacred desire.A deaf girl traversing the frozen continent barefoot.How do you find a way forward in a world turned upside down? A novel about our will to live and love until the very end, Everything Happened at Once charts the intimate landscapes of humans making liferafts out of the small miracles of the everyday.

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