Cursed Bunny - Bora Chung

Cursed Bunny

Bora Chung

出版社

Honford Star

出版时间

2021-07-15

ISBN

9781916277182

评分

★★★★★
书籍介绍

Cursed Bunny is a genre-defying collection of short stories by Korean author Bora Chung. Blurring the lines between magical realism, horror, and science-fiction, Chung uses elements of the fantastic and surreal to address the very real horrors and cruelties of patriarchy and capitalism in modern society.

Anton Hur’s translation skilfully captures the way Chung’s prose effortlessly glides from being terrifying to wryly humorous. Winner of a PEN/Heim Grant.

Bora Chung has written three novels and three collections of short stories. She has an MA in Russian and East European area studies from Yale University and a PhD in Slavic literature from Indiana University. She currently teaches Russian language and literature and science fiction studies at Yonsei University and translates modern literary works from Russian and Polish into Ko...

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东亚社会吃(女)人异闻录
读完第一个故事。The Head是一个隐喻式的故事,不晦涩,但有些无趣,借由恐怖故事的外衣,讲了一个被替代和抹杀的故事,但是对女性苦痛的阐述还是老调重弹。同时,本身马桶里的污物,和马桶深处恐惧也是比较常见的恐怖意象,旧元素+旧元素,加上本身语言...比较平实,语言对恐怖氛围的渲染并没有增色多少,在我这里只能说是平庸之作。(也可能是看英文的时候相对来说关注语言本身少了,更注重内容和篇章结构。先给3星,再接着往下看看吧)
2022/144,还不错,我感觉很好看,甚是诡异。有几篇挺吓人的,后面三个故事没有前面的有意思。捕兽夹那篇读到一半才发现我一直把狐狸看成了青蛙…最喜欢诅咒兔、捕兽夹这两个故事。
读了第一篇就感觉可以给五星了 有种更dark的李碧华的感觉 真的做到了用简单的语句描绘出depth 作者76年的russian lit教授今年才出debut 佩服
「Life shrinks into a trap made up of a shimmering moment in the past, a trap where they endlessly repeat that singular moment when they were surest of being alive. That moment is short, but long after it has passed, good times as well as bad slip like sand through their fingers as they meaninglessly repeat and confirm their survival. 」
读完第一篇就想到了李碧华 果真这种感觉东亚共通,作者涉及题材好广但是好几篇都是点到为止的感觉
“life shrinks into a trap made up of a shimmering moment in the past”
好看,Bora Chung的脑洞太大了,有几个小故事读起来有tale of tales的感觉。对女性身体的描写,月经受孕,简洁却一针见血。
Stories told in a cold, quiet and peaceful way. Karma. Mother and daughter. Folklores. Supernaturals. Revenge. AI. Morals. Self and love.
有几篇氛围感相当好,frozen fingers,home sweet home 以及 reunion 。不知道是不是翻译的关系,克鲁苏风格那几篇总觉得一板一眼的。她再出新书我会想看。
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