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2024 short story collection by Bora Chung From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Your Utopia is a 2024 short story collection by Bora Chung. The collection was translated into English by Anton Hur.
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Author | Bora Chung |
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Translator | Anton Hur |
Publisher | Algonquin Books |
Publication date | January 30, 2024 |
Pages | 256 |
ISBN | 978-1-643-75621-9 |
The collection contains eight short stories:
Your Utopia is Chung's second short story collection to be translated into English, after her 2022 collection Cursed Bunny. Like her previous work, Your Utopia was translated by Anton Hur.[1]
The book was published in the United States by Algonquin Books on January 30, 2024.[2][3] It was published in Australia by Scribe Publications on the same date.[4] It was published in the United Kingdom by Honford Star on February 13, 2024.[5]
Your Utopia received praise from critics upon release. Publishers Weekly praised Hur's translation for not containing any "pandering to a potentially unaware Western audience" and noted the title story as a highlight of the collection.[2] Kirkus Reviews directed praise at the individual stories for having unique premises.[3] The Hindu wrote positively about the translation and the "element of strangeness" in each story.[6] ArtReview directed praise at the collection's humor, while the Chicago Review of Books positively described Chung as being "a complex writer."[5][7] A lengthy review in Strange Horizons praised Chung for embracing more science-fiction elements than her previous work and concluded that Chung was a "formidable voice in global speculative fiction."[8]
The AU Review was more critical, describing the quality of the stories as being inconsistent but recommending the collection to fans of Cursed Bunny.[4] The Arts Fuse had a similar critique, specifically naming the stories "Seeds" and "To Meet Her" as weak points.[9] NPR published a negative review, writing that some stories were "underdeveloped," that others had plot twists "tacked on," and comparing Chung's prose to "something that might be churned out by ChatGPT."[1]