Hunger
On sale
26th June 2025
Price: £9.99
IF PARASITE WERE A RECORD-BREAKING BOOK SENSATION
‘An instant cult classic. You have to read it’ HARPER’S BAZAAR
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 evening, a woman finds her man dead in the street. Time stops-
Until she cradles the body to her chest and carries it home, where she disinfects every inch before beginning. As the man witnesses his own funeral, 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 ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
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
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 evening, a woman finds her man dead in the street. Time stops-
Until she cradles the body to her chest and carries it home, where she disinfects every inch before beginning. As the man witnesses his own funeral, 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 ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
Newsletter Signup
By clicking ‘Sign Up,’ I acknowledge that I have read and agree to Hachette Book Group’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use
Reviews
I could not put it down
Cuts to the heart. Read at your peril
A feast for the literary senses
A gutting, unforgettable ode to doomed love
Hunger is as slender as it is profound
Mesmerising. Inject it into my veins again
An instant cult classic. You have to read it to believe it