{"title":"Bora Chung","description":"\u003cp\u003eBora Chung’s work delves into the unsettling and the uncanny, weaving tales that blur the lines between reality and nightmare. Her stories combine elements of \u003cem\u003egeneral fiction\u003c\/em\u003e with haunting threads of \u003cstrong\u003ehorror and the supernatural\u003c\/strong\u003e, offering readers a unique exploration of the eerie and the surreal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom sinister fables to darkly imaginative narratives, her books evoke a sense of disquiet and wonder that lingers long after the final page. 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Using elements of the fantastic and surreal, Chung exposes the very real horrors and cruelties of patriarchy and capitalism in modern society, gliding effortlessly from terrifying to wryly humorous in a skilful translation by the acclaimed Anton Hur.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnton Hur's nimble translation manages to capture the tricky magic of Chung's voice - its wry humour and overarching coolness broken by sudden, thrilling dips into passages of vivid description. Even as Chung presents a catalogue of grotesqueries that range from unsettling to seared-into-the-brain disturbing, her power is in restraint. She and Hur always keep the reader at a slight distance in order for the more chilling twists to land with maximum impact, allowing us to walk ourselves into the trap.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e- Violet Kupersmith, The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSharp, wildly inventive, and slightly demented (in the most enjoyable way, of course)... All we can say is buckle in, because when these stories take their horrific turn there's no setting them down.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e- Chicago Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIf you were the kind of child who was enthralled by Scary Stories to Read in the Dark, Bora Chung writes for you. 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But she can't be fired - no one can.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn '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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 'Seeds', we see the final frontier of capitalism's destruction of the planet and the GMO companies who rule the agricultural industry in this bleak future, but nature has ways of creeping back to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChung's writing is \"haunting, funny, gross, terrifying - and yet when we reach the end, we just want more\" (Alexander Chee). 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They soon learn why some employees don't last long at the centre. The handkerchief in Room 302 once belonged to the late mother of two sons, whose rivalry imbues the handkerchief with undue power and unravels those around it. The cursed sneaker down the hall is stolen by a live-streaming, ghost-chasing employee, who later finds he can't escape its tread. A cat in Room 206 reveals the crimes of its former family, trying to understand its own path to the Institute's halls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut Chung's haunted institute isn't just a chilling place to play. As in her astounding collections \u003cem\u003eCursed Bunny\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eYour Utopia\u003c\/em\u003e, these violent allegories take on the horrors of animal testing, conversion therapy, domestic abuse, and late-stage capitalism. 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Part fable, part ghost story, and part social commentary, this is a beautiful and devastating excavation of how people make sense of the world's violence and tragedies.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n-Publishers Weekly, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'\u003cem\u003eThe Midnight Timetable\u003c\/em\u003e does what the best of horror, sci-fi, and other genre writing can achieve- It renders our present realities strange again.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n-Foreign Policy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Clever, scary and wickedly funny. 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