02341cam a2200385 i 4500 1075479521 TxAuBib 20240212120000.0 231215s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023049228 9781643756219 PAP 18.99 1643756214 PAP 18.99 TxAuBib rda eng kor Chung, Bora, 1976-, author. Kŭnyŏ rŭl mannada (Compilation) English. Your utopia [BOOK] / Bora Chung ; translated by Anton Hur. Your Utopia. Your utopia : stories. First edition. Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2024. ©2024. 241 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "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.". 20240212. In English, translated from the Korean. Chung, Bora, 1976- Translations into English. Short stories, Korean Translations into English. Black humor. Short stories. Hur, Anton, translator.