Your utopia : stories
Chung, Bora, 1976-2024
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By the internationally acclaimed author of Cursed Bunny, in another thrilling translation from the Korean by Anton Hur, Your Utopia is full of tales of loss and discovery, idealism and dystopia, death and immortality. Your Utopia is full of tales of loss and discovery, idealism and dystopia, death and immortality. "Nothing concentrates the mind like Chung's terrors, which will shrivel you to a bouillon cube of your most primal instincts" (Vulture), yet these stories are suffused with Chung's inimitable wry humour and surprisingly tender moments, too. In "The Center for Immortality Research," a low-level employee runs herself ragged planning a fancy gala for donors, only to be blamed for a crime she witnessed during the event, under the noses of the mysterious celebrity benefactors hoping to live forever. But she can't be fired-no one can. In "One More Kiss, Dear," a tender, one-sided love blooms in the AI-elevator of an apartment complex; as in, the elevator develops a profound affection for one of the residents. In "Seeds," we see the final frontier of capitalism's destruction of the planet and the GMO companies who rule the agricultural industry, but nature has ways of creeping back to life.
Main title:
Your utopia : stories / Bora Chung ; translated by Anton Hur.
Author:
Chung, Bora, 1976-, authorHur, Anton, translator
Imprint:
Brunswick, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2024.©2024
Collation:
231 pages ; 21 cm
Notes:
First published in Korean as [Kŭnyŏ rŭl mannada], 2021. This English translation first published by Honford Star, 2024.Translated from the Korean.
ISBN:
9781761380846 (pbk)9781761380846
Dewey class:
895.735
Language:
EnglishKorean
Added title:
BRN:
557058
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Fiction - General | CHUN | Available |