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Name: Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung
Author: Bora Chung
ISBN: 9781916277182

By: Bora Chung

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CategoryFiction
LanguageEnglish
Pages251
Published2017
File size1,024 KB
FormatPDF
ISBN9781916277182

Key ideas from the book

The collection combines horror, science fiction, fantasy, and magical realism.
Fantastic and surreal elements are used to address the cruelties of patriarchy and capitalism.
The stories engage with modern society through unsettling, imaginative situations.
Anton Hur’s translation carries the writing from terror to wry humor.
Readers interested in contemporary Korean fiction can explore ten stories across several genres.

About Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung

Bora Chung’s Cursed Bunny is a collection of ten short stories that moves among horror, science fiction, fantasy, and magical realism. Its fantastic and surreal elements bring into focus the very real cruelties of patriarchy and capitalism in contemporary society.

Translated by Anton Hur, the collection shifts between terrifying scenes and wry humor. It may appeal to readers looking for Korean fiction that crosses genre boundaries and uses the uncanny to examine modern social realities.

About Bora Chung

Bora Chung is a South Korean writer and translator whose fiction blends horror, science fiction, and the uncanny. Her collection Cursed Bunny, translated into English by Anton Hur, was shortlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize. In stories collected in Cursed Bunny and Your Utopia, Chung uses strange, unsettling worlds to explore power, gender, work, and family. Her writing moves between the grotesque and the darkly comic, unsettling familiar ideas about everyday life.

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Topics: Fantasy Horror Magical realism Science fiction Short Stories

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