{"product_id":"hunger-pre-order","title":"Hunger","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'I could go to the police station and confess.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e'I could find a priest and confess.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e'I ate a person. Is that a sin?'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIt begins at the end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt once romantic and horrific,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHunger\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a psychologically and philosophically thrilling Korean cult classic that cuts to the very heart of love and the things we do for it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Octopus Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55112544092534,"sku":"9781846016257","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/9857\/1159\/files\/81kYDWkAIJL._SL1500_c98d91e0-f2fc-4ded-bd11-91032f4fbc08.jpg?v=1735483951","url":"https:\/\/bookbag.mom\/products\/hunger-pre-order","provider":"Bookbag Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}