{"product_id":"your-utopia-stories-9781643756219","title":"Your Utopia: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Chung builds out her stories with imagination, absurdity and a dry sense of humor, all applied with X-Acto knife precision.\" \u003c\/b\u003e―\u003cb\u003eAlexandra Kleeman, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Bora Chung's stories glisten at the border of our weird world, and all our other weird worlds. A truly sublime book.\" \u003c\/b\u003e―\u003cb\u003eSamantha Hunt, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Seas\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Unwritten Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author and translator of the National Book Award Finalist, \u003ci\u003eCursed Bunny, \u003c\/i\u003e a fresh, uncanny, and utterly profound collection of stories set in near and distant futures that reflect our deepest fears\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eand deepest desires.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003ebut nature always creeps back to life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e If you haven't yet experienced the fruits of Chung's singular imagination, \u003ci\u003eYour Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e is waiting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBora Chung \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer and translator whose works include the National Book Award finalist and International Booker Prize-shortlisted \u003ci\u003eCursed Bunny\u003c\/i\u003e. She has an MA in Russian Studies from Yale University and a PhD in Slavic literature from Indiana University. She has taught Russian language and literature and science fiction at Yonsei University and translates modern literary works from Russian and Polish into Korean.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Algonquin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50570477076754,"sku":"9781643756219","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2936e24f-e36c-40f5-9a52-8521b148ee35.jpg?v=1731959659","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/your-utopia-stories-9781643756219","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}