Welcome to Litsy!

The new story collection from the author and translator of Cursed Bunny, a finalist for the 2023 National Book Award in Translated Literature! Your Utopia is full of tales of loss and discovery, idealism and dystopia, death and immortality. �Nothing concentrates the mind like Chung�s terrors, which will shrivel you to a bouillon cube of your most primal instincts� (Vulture), yet these stories are suffused with Chung's inimitable wry humor and surprisingly tender moments, too. In �The Center for Immortality Research,� a low-level employee runs herself ragged planning a fancy gala for donors, only to be blamed for a crime she witnessed during the event, under the noses of the mysterious celebrity benefactors hoping to live forever. But she can�t be fired�no one can. In �One More Kiss, Dear,� a tender, one-sided love blooms in the AI-elevator of an apartment complex; as in, the elevator develops a profound affection for one of the residents. In �Seeds,� we see the final frontier of capitalism�s destruction of the planet and the GMO companies who rule the agricultural industry, but nature has ways of creeping back to life. Chung�s writing is �haunting, funny, gross, terrifying�and yet when we reach the end, we just want more" (Alexander Chee). If you haven�t yet experienced the fruits of this singular imagination, Your Utopia is waiting.