VOL.69/2024.04

 

Surrender, Earth Creatures

 

2024.03.11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“We must live together.” Surrender, Earth Creatures

 

Bora Chung, shortlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize and the 2023 National Book Award, released a new title that we all have been waiting for!

 

The first autobiographical SF novel by Bora Chung, who fiercely resists and loves.
Octopus, snow crab, shark, ocean sunfish, jellyfish, and whale. Six chapters named after the marine life on Earth.
Writer Bora Chung’s peculiar and unique imagination of marine life... And the landscape of Pohang, the writer's hometown, and the humorous characters that resemble our family, neighbors, and friends!
A serious and reflective contemplation of issues such as labor, human rights, disability, and the environment that arise in waves in our society as the book travels between the real and the unreal.

 

“Sometimes, reality can be more absurd, more magical, and more brutal than fiction.” - from the writer’s interview

 

The power of love and solidarity in the face of a broken world. A book about courageous people who have been changing the world, one step at a time.

 

For peace on Earth Surrender, Earth Creatures
Written by Bora Chung, published by Influential (imprint Rabbit Hole)

 

 

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