Your utopia : stories
Chung, Bora, 1976-2024
Book
Your Utopia is full of tales of loss and discovery, idealism and dystopia, death and immortality. In "The Center for Immortality Research," a low-level employee runs herself ragged planning a fancy gala for donors, only to be blamed for a crime she witnessed during the event, under the noses of the mysterious celebrity benefactors hoping to live forever. But she can't be fired -- no one can. In "A Song for Sleep," a tender, one-sided love blooms in the AI-elevator of an apartment complex; as in, the elevator develops a profound affection for one of the residents. In "Seeds," we see the final frontier of capitalism's destruction of the planet and the GMO companies who rule the agricultural industry, but nature has ways of creeping back to life.
Main title:
Your utopia : stories / Bora Chung ; translated by Anton Hur.
Author:
Chung, Bora, 1976-, authorHur, Anton, translator
Work:
Imprint:
Brunswick, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2024.©2024.
Collation:
231 pages ; 21 cm.
Notes:
First published in Korean as Kŭnyo rŭl mannada, 2021.This English translation first published by Honford Star, 2024.Translated from the Korean.
Contents:
The Center for Immortality ResearchThe End of the VoyageMaria, Gratia PlenaYour UtopiaA Song for SleepSeedTo Meet HerAuthor's Note: The Act of Mourning.
ISBN:
9781761380846 (paperback)9781761385476 (ebook)
Dewey class:
895.735F
Language:
EnglishKorean
Added title:
BRN:
2725102