Anton Hur’s translation skilfully captures the way Chung’s prose effortlessly glides from being terrifying to wryly humorous. Anton Hur’s translation skillfully captures the way Chung’s prose effortlessly glides from being terrifying to wryly humorous. Son relatos extraños, sumamente fantásticos e impregnados de cultura coreana (que fue lo que más me gustó). Many of these stories will appeal to those who enjoy moral tales and a strange cocktail of horror-science fiction-magical realism. Past misdeeds of all kinds — a careless flush, a debt unpaid, the corrupt practices of a company, the torture of an animal, an unfair exchange — resurface and haunt the present in these 10 gripping and prodigiously creepy stories.

The final four longer tales just didn't really work for me and feel like Chung is trying things out without the assurance of voice and vision that characterises the early stories. I don't need every single detail but I need enough to feel like they are real people with experiences they are sharing with me. Although the exceptional exists in that universe, along with some ludicrous stories and others that are more prosaic — but the lyrical writing and knack for vivid and surreal imagery would not take the enjoyment of reading this bizarre book. The first thing that stands out about Cursed Bunny is Bora Chung’s fluency in the language of the grotesque. An entire month has already passed since I finished this weird, disturbing collection of short stories.

I also don't know if it's the translation (done by Anton Hur) or Chung's writing style, but the repetition within the text and the constant use of the passive voice was very irritating to me. The titular story was no better, a literal rabbit curse that sends people twitching and sitting in roads. Mostly what stuck with me since then are the first two stories – “The Head” and “The Embodiment” (and a couple of others.

Surreal and grotesque, with gestures towards supernatural, fabular and weird fiction, this is a mixed bag of stories. The blurb informs that this is a 'genre-defying collection of short stories' that blur the lines between 'magical realism, horror and science-fiction,' which sounded instantly like something I would love.Few story collections greet their reader with an introductory sequence as disarmingly gross as the one in “Cursed Bunny. This is another book from the Mookse group's favourites of 2021 list, and is a strikingly imaginative collection of stories which mix reality with fantasy, horror and fairytale elements.