Your utopia / Bora Chung ; translated by Anton Hur.
Chung, Bora, 1976- author.; Hur, Anton, translator.
2024
PL 994.225.B67 K8613 2024
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Title Your utopia / Bora Chung ; translated by Anton Hur.
Author Chung, Bora, 1976- author.
Uniform Title Kŭnyŏ rŭl mannada (Compilation) English
ISBN 9781643756219 (trade paperback)
1643756214
9781643756240 (ebook)
Published Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2024.
Language English
Description 241 pages ; 21 cm
Call Number PL 994.225.B67 K8613 2024
Dewey Decimal Classification 895.73/5
Summary "Bora Chung's inimitable blend of horror, absurdity, and dark humor reaches its peak in these tales of loss and discovery, dystopia and idealism, death and immortality. In a thrilling translation by the acclaimed Anton Hur, readers will experience a variety of possible fates for humanity, from total demise via a disease whose only symptom is casual cannibalism to a world in which even dreams can be monitored and used to convict people of crimes. In "The Center for Immortality Research," a low-level employee runs herself ragged planning a fancy gala for donors only to be blamed for the chaos that ensues during the event in front of the mysterious celebrity benefactors hoping to live forever. In "A Song for Sleep," an AI elevator in an apartment complex develops a tender, one-sided love for an elderly resident. "Seed" traverses the final frontier of capitalism's destruction of the planet--but nature always creeps back to life. If you haven't yet experienced the fruits of Chung's singular imagination, Your Utopia is waiting."--Page 2 of cover.
Added Author Hur, Anton, translator.
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The Center for Immortality Research
The end of the voyage
A very ordinary marriage
Maria, gratia plena
Your utopia
A song for sleep
Seed
To meet her
Author's note: the act of mourning.

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