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Chung builds out her stories with imagination, absurdity and a dry sense of humor, all applied with X-Acto knife precision. ―Alexandra Kleeman, The New York Times Book Review Bora Chung s stories glisten at the border of our weird world, and all our other weird worlds. A truly sublime book. ―Samantha Hunt, bestselling author of The Seas and The Unwritten Book From the acclaimed author and translator of the National Book Award Finalist, Cursed Bunny, a fresh, uncanny, and utterly profound collection of stories set in near and distant futures that reflect our deepest fears–and deepest desires. 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.