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Brazen acquires a 'Korean cult classic phenomenon' from Choi Jin-young
Brazen, part of the Octopus Publishing Group, has acquired Hunger, a "Korean cult classic phenomenon" from Choi Jin-young.
Romilly Morgan acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Bruno Onuki Reynell at New River Literary on behalf of EunHaeng NaMu c/o Danny Hong Agency, and the book will be edited by Jane Link and published in hardback in June 2025.
"It begins at the end," the synopsis says. "When 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… At 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."
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Link said of the acquisition: "I guess love always wins. I’m proud to have a hand in bringing the controversial novella that set the Korean book scene ablaze to the English language. I hope you all fall head over heels for this totally haywire and high-wire feat of fiction in which love bests death like never before."
Jin-young added: "I can’t say exactly why this particular novel continues to be so enduringly popular in Korea. I have written about love in many novels, because love is the most beautiful value we are born with as humans. But, like air, we so often forget its importance. I hope reading Hunger makes your love palpable."
