Du glaçant, du stupéfiant, du terrifiant ; de l’inoubliable !

Un lapin envoûté qui dévore trois générations, une tête qui appelle sa mère depuis la cuvette des toilettes, des doigts glacés qui s’enfoncent dans la terre, un renard qui saigne de l’or, des cicatrices, des mots d’amour, du sang, un fantôme qui se hâte sur une grand-place de Pologne...

Maîtresse du réalisme magique, Chung Bora revêt dans ce Lapin Maudit les habits de la littérature de genre. Le lecteur pensera alors aux modèles féministes Margaret Atwood, Laura Kasischke et Cho Nam-joo. Et à Stephen King.

En développant un imaginaire sans limite, avec une exceptionnelle qualité littéraire, l’autrice offre des analyses complexes et fascinantes. Elle dénonce à travers ces dix nouvelles, qui tiennent parfois du conte ou de la fable, la cruauté de nos sociétés libérales, patriarcales et névrosées. Osez explorer les méandres ensorcelants de ce Lapin Maudit !

Finaliste Booker Prize

The Curse Rabbit
Grandfather always said, "an object used to curse should be made to look pretty." The story of a grandson, who was born into a family that has made curse items for generations, and his grandfather. The main character's grandfather make a cute "curse rabbit" in order to get revenge for the untimely death of his grandson's friend.

Head
One day, as she is about to leave the bathroom after flushing, she hears something calling her from inside the toilet: "Mother." After that, this "head" in the toilet does not leave the protagonist’s bathroom for the rest of its life. People around do not seem to care much about it. "It's not trying to spawn or bite you, why don't you leave it alone."

Cold Finger
Suddenly, the protagonist opens his eyes to find out they are covered with black cloth. He can't even see a small light. Is he blind? Then he hears a thin woman's voice. "Teacher Lee, are you okay?" He follows the voice into an absolute darkness, but where is this place and who is he?

Moon Time
"Moon Time: menstruation, period." The protagonist's menstrual cycle continues for 20 days, so she visits a gynecologist. The doctor says there is a hormone problem and recommends a contraceptive pill. The protagonist takes the pill for six months, although the doctor told her to take it for just two, and her menstruation stops miraculously. But a month later, she faints while trying to get out of bed and falls on her knees. She visits the hospital and the doctor tells her, with no expression on his face, "You're pregnant."
"But I'm single and I don't even have a boyfriend!"

Goodbye, My Love
The protagonist's job is to design "companion" robots. After a three-month trial period ends, she purchases the "companion" she created at an employee discount, despite  objections from the public of a "conspiracy by the developer companies to sell more robots by lowering the birth rate and causing rapid aging". But the happy times between her and her robot don't last long...

오싹하고, 놀랍고, 끔찍한, 잊을 수 없는 이야기!

3대를 몰락하게 만든 저주받은 토끼, 변기 속에서 어머니를 부르는 머리, 진흙 같은 차가운 손가락, 황금 피를 흘리는 여우, 흉터, 사랑의 말, 피, 폴란드의 광장을 가로지르는 유령......

마술적 사실주의의 대가인 정보라의 『저주토끼』는 장르소설이다. 독자는 페미니스트인 마거릿 애트우드, 로라 카지쓰키, 조남주 그리고 스티븐 킹을 떠올릴 것이다.

작가는 무한한 상상력과 뛰어난 문학성으로 복합적이고 매혹적인 분석을 선보인다. 때로는 동화나 우화를 연상시키는 이 10편의 단편에서 그녀는 자유주의적이고 가부장적이며 신경증적인 우리 사회의 잔인함을 고발한다. 『저주토끼』의 미로처럼 이어지는 매력 속으로 독자를 이끈다.

2022 부커상 인터내셔널 부문 최종 후보에 올랐다.