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.
