Name: Cursed Bunny: Stories
SKU: 54386367
Price: 20.60 EUR
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Author: Bora Chung
ISBN: 9781643753607

Type

Physical Book

Author

Bora Chung

Translated by

Anton Hur

Publisher

Algonquin Books

Language

English

Pages

256

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.3x12.7x2.5 cm

Weight

0.20 kg.

ISBN13

9781643753607

Synopsis "Cursed Bunny: Stories "

SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE AND WINNER OF A PEN/HEIM TRANSLATION GRANT "Cool, brilliantly demented K-horror--just the way I like it!" --Ed Park, author of Personal Days "Like the work of Carmen Maria Machado and Aoko Matsuda, Chung's stories are so wonderfully, blisteringly strange and powerful that it's almost impossible to put Cursed Bunny down." ―Kelly Link, bestselling author of Get In Trouble A stunning, wildly original debut from a rising star of Korean literature--surreal, chilling fables that take on the patriarchy, capitalism, and the reign of big tech with absurdist humor and a (sometimes literal) bite From an author never before published in the United States, Cursed Bunny is unique and imaginative, blending horror, sci-fi, fairy tales, and speculative fiction into stories that defy categorization. By turns thought-provoking and stomach-turning, here monsters take the shapes of furry woodland creatures and danger lurks in unexpected corners of everyday apartment buildings. But in this unforgettable collection, translated by the acclaimed Anton Hur, Chung's absurd, haunting universe could be our own. "The Head" follows a woman haunted by her own bodily waste. "The Embodiment" takes us into a dystopian gynecology office where a pregnant woman is told that she must find a father for her baby or face horrific consequences. Another story follows a young monster, forced into underground fight rings without knowing his own power. The titular fable centers on a cursed lamp in the shape of a rabbit, fit for a child's bedroom but for its sinister capabilities. No two stories are alike, and readers will be torn whether to race through them or savor Chung's wit and frenetic energy on every page. Cursed Bunny is a book that screams to be read late into the night and passed on to the nearest set of hands the very next day.

Bora Chung

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Bora Chung es una escritora, traductora y académica surcoreana nacida en 1976. Estudió Literatura Rusa en la Universidad de Yale y obtuvo un doctorado en Literatura Eslava en la Universidad de Indiana. Además de su carrera académica, se ha destacado como una autora de ficción innovadora, fusionando géneros como el horror, la fantasía, la ciencia ficción y lo absurdo.

Chung ha traducido al coreano obras de escritores rusos como Andrei Platonov y Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, lo que ha influido notablemente en su estilo literario. Su obra más conocida a nivel internacional es la colección de cuentos "Cursed Bunny" (Conejo maldito), finalista del International Booker Prize en 2022. Esta colección mezcla lo grotesco con lo político, abordando temas como la violencia de género, el capitalismo, la injusticia social y la tecnología, todo a través de una lente surrealista y muchas veces inquietante.

Además de su trabajo literario, Bora Chung ha enseñado escritura creativa y estudios eslavos en universidades de Corea del Sur. Su voz única y su capacidad para cruzar fronteras culturales y estilísticas la han convertido en una de las autoras contemporáneas más destacadas de Asia. Su obra sigue ganando reconocimiento a nivel mundial.

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