i just finished Cursed Bunny (literally 1 hour ago) and it was a WHOLE experience, i really liked this compilation of short stories, i've never read something alike. my fav stories were: "the embodiment", "snare" and "reunion". i only had some issues with "home sweet home", for me it was kinda pointless lol. thank u for this review, i'm gonna get into "heaven" by kawakami rn (i'm trying to read some books out of the longlist). greetings from chile 🇨🇱.

This sounds like a really fascinating collection. Thanks for sharing it as I suspect I never would have come across it otherwise

My interpretation of “The Embodiment” is that the protagonist was never actually pregnant, she obviously had a hematolgic condition that was not diagnosed (as it was hinted from the excessive periods) which caused an internal hematoma (a collection of blood). The ob/gyn and probably her whole family manipulated her into thinking she has to find a man to have a baby with in order to conform to gender stereotypes, because she seemed much more interested in her education and future career, rather than having a family at the moment. Also, when her “water broke”, it wasn’t the “clear liquid” that was supposed to be, there was blood.. so she actually “gave birth” to a huge blood clot. Idk if it’s the right meaning of the story, but that’s just the way I interpreted it..

Yaaaaay! I love this book and awesome video review and looking very beautiful as well. It also treats about complex our inner true desires, we could be loving and in another instance we could be hateful. It also has a nice touch on the hell hole of capitalism reminding me about the movie, There Will Be Blood directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Cool book with very thoughtful, heart-wrenching stories, i can count about 7 favorites from the collection. I'm currently on my fifth book of the longlist, The Book Of Mother. Cheers

Reviewing Short Stories is such a hard task! Found you from Kieran's ridiculous song which you were way too kind to help with lol. I wish I had known about booker before just now as I want to read all of these so bad, but I'm out of time so living vicariously from you guys.

I'm waiting for my library to have this book. Ha! For short story collection recommendation, I'd say Amparo Davila's THE HOUSEGUEST!!!! It's masterful storytelling!

have heard mixed reviews of this collection and have a hard time getting into short stories in any case, so I haven't thought about picking this up, but you've definitely perked up my interest (perhaps like a bunny's ears, one might say...)

The Head seemed to be a story about womenhood which had been forced upon women. The Head sounded like the woman herself who couldn't have really lived. So the story felt almost like Demian in a twisted and grotesque way. And I also thought it could mean a generational shift in the womanhood. The Head seemed to represent her fear and doubts which were belittled and ignored by her family and her husband throughout the story. Then she was almost forced into a housewife role and then motherhood. She also feared that the Head might consider her child the rivalry, which sounds like the exact predicament many Korean women find herself in when they have a baby.

My initial impression was 'meh', but after watching your take on Cursed Bunny, I think I may wanna reconsider the collection for a second read. Good job.

My fav story was The Frozen Finger

You may like Etgar Keret’s work. He’s great and the stories are very short and weird.