Blurring the lines between magical realism, horror, and science-fiction, The stories use elements of the fantastic and surreal to address the very real horrors and cruelties of patriarchy and capitalism in modern society. He won a PEN Translates award for Kang Kyeong-ae’s The Underground Village. This book is a genre-defying collection of short stories by Korean author Bora Chung. She currently teaches Russian language and literature and science fiction studies at Yonsei University and translates modern literary works from Russian and Polish into Korean.Īnton Hur was born in Stockholm, Sweden. She has an MA in Russian and East European area studies from Yale University and a PhD in Slavic literature from Indiana University. Cursed Bunny is a genre-defying collection of short stories by Korean author Bora Chung. Read 731 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. In a strange sense, they are page-turners making readers anxious to know more about what’s to come but at the same time dreading to see the end.īora Chung has written three novels and three collections of short stories. Cursed Bunny is a genre-defying collection of short stories by Korean. From an author never before published in the United States, Cursed Bunny is unique and imaginative, blending horror, sci-fi, fairytales, and speculative fiction. Winner of a PEN/Heim Grant.Ĭhung’s work can be defined as a gripping amalgamation of absurdist, unrealistic stories that draw on science fiction, horror and fantasy.

Blurring the lines between magical realism, horror, and science-fiction, Chung uses elements of the fantastic and surreal to address the very real horrors and cruelties of patriarchy and capitalism in modern society.Īnton Hur’s translation skilfully captures the way Chung’s prose effortlessly glides from being terrifying to wryly humorous. Cursed Bunny is a genre-defying collection of short stories by Korean author Bora Chung.

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