{"product_id":"hunger-9781840919011","title":"Hunger","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eI could go to the police station and confess.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eI could find a priest and confess.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eI ate a person. Is that a sin?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eROMEO \u0026amp; JULIET meets Nobel Prize-winning THE VEGETARIAN in t\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ehe cult classic phenomenon that sold over a quarter of a million copies - from one of Korea's best literary authors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt begins at the end. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Dam discovers her boyfriend, Gu, murdered on the street by loan sharks, time stops - until she cradles the resplendent corpse in her arms, carries it home and begins to speak. A string of monologues stretches between this realm and the next, binding two souls in the story of a love starved by life, until death do them part - or part by part . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the end, Dam confesses: she has slowly been eating the ritually bathed and embalmed corpse cradled to her chest, choosing to entomb Gu in herself - where he will now live on - forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAt once romantic and horrific, HUNGER is a psychologically and philosophically thrilling Korean cult classic that cuts to the very heart of love and the things we do for it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you love pitch-black East Asian stories like \u003ci\u003eSquid Game, Butter\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eParasite\u003c\/i\u003e, you'll devour HUNGER.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A heart-moving novella' NOW IN SEOUL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Octopus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51864051581271,"sku":"9781840919011","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781840919011.jpg?v=1759921506","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hunger-9781840919011","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}