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Anton Hur, Bora Chung: Cursed Bunny (Paperback, 2021, Honford Star) 4 stars

Cursed Bunny is a genre-defying collection of short stories by Korean author Bora Chung. Blurring …

Dark, weird but mostly humane stories

5 stars

Loved this collection of dark and strange stories. I was often uncomfortable and audibly cringing while reading these stories as she does not shy away from body-horror, but nonetheless felt compelled to keep reading. Characters are seeking meaning and a sense off humanity through bizarre and often grotesque circumstances, which brought me deeper into each story even as I recoiled.

The stories are at their most powerful when she turns up the psychological disorientation through slowly revealed details, in stories you have to ( and want to) read several times to make sense of.