Published : Nov 21, 2024 21:56 IST - 6 MINS READ In physics, singularity is the point where known physical laws break down and predictions become impossible. Anton Hur’s debut novel Toward Eternity begins with one such singularity in “the near future”. Toward Eternity: A Novel By Anton Hur HarperVia Pages: 256 Price: Rs.450 In many ways, the disappearance of …
How did you end up working on Lee Seong-bok’s book Indeterminate Inflorescence, a translation of his poetry lectures that draw inspiration from Seon Buddhism? Author and translator Anton Hur Lee Seong-bok is one of Korea’s most popular and well-respected living poets. I asked her, “May I use your daughter’s name as well?” She said, “Yes, go ahead!” These two people …
Bora Chung’s Cursed Bunny was shortlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize. In this new offering, titled Your Utopia, and immaculately translated by Anton Hur, we meet a host of characters, some human, some decidedly not, all imbued with strong streaks of strangeness. Reading Asia | ‘The more I protest, the less “weirdly” I write’: an interview with Bora Chung …
Published : May 04, 2023 11:00 IST - 6 MINS READ At one point in the movie High Fidelity, John Cusack’s character holds forth on the art of making a good compilation tape. However, for a collection of speculative short fiction such as Bora Chung’s Cursed Bunny, in which each story is quite weird, it is unclear what the organising …
