South Korean horror writer Bora Chung posing with her book "Cursed Bunny" during an interview at her apartment in the South Korean port city of Pohang. Photo: AFP
A head pops out of the toilet, a woman gets pregnant from birth control pills - South Korean Booker Prize nominee Bora Chung's short stories are full of horror, inspired by her own lonely life.
An academic specialising in Slavic literature, Chung was considered a "genre writer" and excluded from South Korea's mainstream literary scene. Until recently, she was relatively unknown to local readers.
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