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Cursed Bunny

저주토끼 · Jeoju tokki

Bora Chung (정보라, born 1976)

Translated by Anton Hur

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In English

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Fairy tales, folk legends and old ghost stories lend their shapes to these ten pieces of horror, science fiction and fantasy, which let something uncanny into ordinary settings. A man who crafts cursed objects, never for his own ends, makes one exception: a rabbit, to destroy the boss of a brewery who sank a rival with lies. A woman hears a voice from the lavatory bowl and turns to find a head calling her mother. A smug husband who preaches an alternative lifestyle and a man whose greed ruins his family meet terrible ends. Payback ties the stories together, though who is paying back whom is often murky, and nobody is happier once it is done.

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About the book

Form
Short stories
Length
328 pages in the original
Genres
Speculative (assigned by AI)
First published
2017 by Ajak
Author's age
41 when first published
ISBN

9791187206422 (original)

9781916277182 (Honford Star, United Kingdom)

9781643753607 (Algonquin Books, United States)

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