Books by Bora Chung (3)


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Conejo maldito by Bora Chung ES

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / South Korea flag South Korea
Description:
Las diez historias recogidas en este volumen plantean el terrible escenario, fuente habitual de miedos adultos e infantiles, de que lo sobrenatural se apodere del espacio doméstico y nuestra vida cotidiana.A medio camino entre el terror, la ciencia-ficción y la literatura del absurdo, Bora Chung ha unificado en sus cuentos todas sus obsesiones literarias: las leyendas tradicionales de Corea, la literatura europeagrotesca, los géneros fantásticos más retorcidos y una generosa dosis de terror cotidiano, todo ello acompañado de un enfoque feminista, pues muchos de los horrores que se describen en... continue

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Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung EN

Rating: 4 (13 votes)
Country: Asia / South Korea flag South Korea
Description:
Cursed Bunny is a genre-defying collection of short stories by Korean author Bora Chung. 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. Anton Hur’s translation skilfully captures the way Chung’s prose effortlessly glides from being terrifying to wryly humorous. Winner of a PEN/Heim Grant.

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Your Utopia by Bora Chung EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Asia / South Korea flag South Korea
Description:
From the acclaimed author and translator of Cursed Bunny, a fresh, uncanny, and utterly profound collection of stories set in near and distant futures that reflect our deepest fears—and deepest desires. Bora Chung’s inimitable blend of horror, absurdity, and dark humor reaches its peak in these tales of loss and discovery, dystopia and idealism, death and immortality. In a thrilling translation by the acclaimed Anton Hur, readers will experience a variety of possible fates for humanity, from total demise via a disease whose only symptom is casual cannibalism to a world in which even dreams can... continue