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Loading... Cursed Bunny: Stories (original 2017; edition 2022)by Bora Chung (Author)
Work InformationCursed Bunny: Stories by Bora Chung (2017)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Deeply unnerving short story collection. I'm not really a collection guy, but this was a solid (and disturbing!) one. ( ) This was my translated book for March 2023. Excellent! Slow burn supernatural, ghosts, drama, and horror. Cursed Bunny is a collection of short stories that range from exceptionally weird (The Head) to haunting (Reunion). The title story, Cursed Bunny, is a rift on the idea that family always comes back to haunt you in one way or another. You can change your circumstance, but you can't change your family. Ruler of The Winds and Sands is a gorgeous fairy tale with the same hideous underpinning. I loved the heroine of the story. There were a few times that the translated text felt awkward in context, but overall it was perfectly fine reading in English. I really, really enjoyed reading Cursed Bunny. The first story was a shock to begin with, but the stories after that had a sort of bittersweet, painfully elegant way about them. Each short story left me pondering for the moral and lesson of the story, and despite some of the stories being only around 20 pages long, I felt a deep connection to many of the characters.
You may have been able to guess by the eerie-looking bunny presented in inverted colors on the cover that this tale is anything but light and happy. Bora Chung’s fascinating and unique short story collection, Cursed Bunny, displays the most disturbing truths about the nature of mankind through a fantastical yet realistic narrative. By including ten short stories, Chung is easily able to capture the reader’s full attention by making her audience feel disgusted and uncomfortable, yet highly intrigued and captivated. This slender beast of a book contains many themes that leave a lasting impression on the reader that may cause them to need a deep breath – and maybe even a drink – between stories. One reoccurring theme that comes across in many of Chung’s short stories is that of humanity’s innate inclination toward selfishness despite the repercussions it may have on other people. How can a species be so empathetic and psychopathic all at once? Could it be, that the step toward curing the human condition requires that we accept this cosmic curse?
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