{"product_id":"9798889661849","title":"Hunger: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA word-of-mouth phenomenon turned best-selling cult classic in Korea,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eHunger\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a visceral, psychologically daring novel that reveals how love and money shape, wound, and consume us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“A feast for the literary senses.”—Anton Hur, Judge of the International Booker Prize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn an ordinary afternoon, a woman sees her partner murdered in the street. Time freezes. She lifts his body from the pavement, cradles him home, disinfects each inch of skin—and sits down to begin.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs he witnesses his own funeral from beyond, their two voices—living and dead—lament a lifetime of bone-grinding labor in a society that devours everyone whole. But the woman is no longer willing to bow before law, God, or money. In an act of love and rebellion, she transforms his body into her own, entombing him within her flesh so that he may live again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRaw, furious, and unflinchingly intimate, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHunger\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the Korean underground phenomenon that indicts capitalism, mourns lost love, and pushes the boundaries of what the body can endure for justice and survival. A psychologically and philosophically thrilling novel, it cuts to the core of how we are consumed by the world—and how we might consume it back.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“An instant cult classic… You have to read it.”—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eHarper’s Bazaar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52017231134951,"sku":"Fiction: South Korea","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/3680\/9959\/files\/81XT2u7HWwL._SY342.jpg?v=1777406571","url":"https:\/\/jfbooks.org\/products\/9798889661849","provider":"JF Books | 季風書園","version":"1.0","type":"link"}