Bora Chung’s mysterious collection of stories, “The Curse of the Rabbit,” plays with elements of fables and horror films. For fans of unexpected horror and not for the faint of heart.
Stephen King could learn something from these ten stories by South Korean Bora Chung (born 1976), considered a literary star in her homeland and whose collection of short stories “The Curse of the Rabbit” was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize: In the story “The Head”, a skull-shaped structure made of feces, menstrual blood and toilet paper grows from a toilet shell and irritates the young girl, who is also called “mother” by the same head, with its presence and demands.
As the woman avoids the bathroom from now on, indigestion is inevitable. “Just the thought of someone watching her from below as she relieved herself, just waiting to eat her waste, made going to the bathroom unbearable.” But what’s truly disturbing is that the young woman’s family and later her husband advised her to just ignore this thing because it “doesn’t lay eggs.” Have you had similar experiences? This mystery remains open.