bookishhoard reviewed Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung
Perfect vacation reading
5 stars
Creepy. Dark. Slightly heartwarming in a twisted way.
Paperback
Published July 15, 2021 by Honford Star.
Cursed Bunny
by Bora Chung,
Anton Hur
5 stars
(2 reviews)
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.
Catship reviewed Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung
Pretty cool
Most stories have some kind of gruesome supernatural component, I really enjoyed that. One I thought started out looking pretty ableist but then it took a turn that I also thought was cool but probably didn't really make up for the "blindness as a metaphor" thing.