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  1. If you’re like many readers, historical fiction can raise more questions than it answers. Since The Hunger is based on a real event, you may be wondering how true to life the novel really is. I’m going to try to answer some of the questions you may have, but there are spoilers ahead.

  2. The Hunger is a 2018 historical horror novel by Alma Katsu. It is a reimagining of the events of the Donner Party which includes supernatural elements. It received critical praise and was nominated for the 2018 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel as well as the 2019 Locus Award for Best Horror Novel. Plot.

  3. Mar 15, 2018 · Alma Katsu’s latest supernatural thriller is The Hunger, based on the Donner Party incident of 1846-7, when a group of pioneers stranded in the Sierra Nevada resorted to cannibalism to survive a harsh winter.

  4. almakatsubooks.com › books › the-hungerThe Hunger - Alma Katsu

    “The Hunger by Alma Katsu takes the tragic tale of the Donner Party and infuses it with hints of witchcraft, vampirism, lycanthropy, cannibalism and zombiism in a tale that is fated to become the latest Donner Party-inspired horror movie.”—True West Magazine “A uniquely gripping read.” – Inside Hook

  5. Nov 14, 2010 · In short, Alma is about a young girl who, whilst walking down a quiet road in France on a snowy winter's day, spots a doll in a shop window who appears to be a look-a-like of herself. Intrigued by this, Alma enters the strange shop to discover a number of other dolls.

  6. Mar 6, 2018 · The Hunger by Alma Katsu is a historical fiction novel based on real events that were *already* horrific in my mind--the stuff the Donner Party endured on their trek through the Sierra Nevada mountains was brutal and tragic, Alma Katsu just turned it up a notch.

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  8. www.kirkusreviews.com › book-reviews › alma-katsuTHE HUNGER - Kirkus Reviews

    Mar 6, 2018 · THE HUNGER. by Alma Katsu ‧RELEASE DATE: March 6, 2018. Two-thirds of a terrific book. bookshelf. shop now. amazon. An inventive reimagining of a grisly chapter in American history. Westward migration, murder, sensation: the story of the Donner Party has all this, which makes it, in its way, a quintessentially American story.