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Red Sword (Pre-order)

Red Sword (Pre-order)

Bora Chung (translated by Anton Hur)

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Publication info

  • Designed by Jieun Hahm
  • 208 pages
  • Published
  • 9781915829078 (pb) / 9781915829184 (e)

Author | Translator

BORA CHUNG has written three novels and four collections of short stories. She has an MA in Russian and East European area studies from Yale University and a PhD in Slavic literature from Indiana University. She translates modern literary works from Russian and Polish into Korean and writes generally unrealistic stories. Among her works, Cursed Bunny, a collection of short stories, was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2022. She is currently the president of the Science Fiction Writers Union of Korea.

ANTON HUR translated Cursed Bunny and Your Utopia by Bora Chung, The Underground Village by Kang Kyeong-ae, and co-translated The Age of Doubt by Pak Kyongni. He is the author of Toward Eternity.

Amid a literal fog of war on a disputed planet, a woman is thrust into battle, forced to fight in her captors' war. With an empire at her back, ready to kill her at the slightest hesitation, this slave turned reluctant hero must battle through an unknown enemy, scientific abominations, and truly alien terrain to uncover the truth about her identity and that of her enslaved companions. Chung's novel—told in sparse, evocative prose and expertly translated by Anton Hur—draws on the real history of Korean soldiers who fought and died in a war against Russia on behalf of the Qing Dynasty. Red Sword combines stunning world-building with a thought-provoking challenge to readers: what does it mean to wield power over others?

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