Name: I Have the Right to Destroy Myself
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Author: Young-Ha Kim; Kim Young-Ha
ISBN: 9780544310605

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Type

Physical Book

Author

Kim Young-Ha

Young-Ha Kim

Publisher

Mariner Books

Year

2007

Language

English

Pages

128

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

21.6 x 14.0 x 1.1 cm

Weight

0.31 kg.

ISBN13

9780544310605

Synopsis "I Have the Right to Destroy Myself"

In the fast-paced, high-urban landscape of Seoul, C and K are brothers who have fallen in love with the same woman--Se-yeon--who tears at both of them as they all try desperately to find real connection in an atomized world. A spectral, nameless narrator haunts the edges of their lives as he tells of his work helping the lost and hurting find escape through suicide. Dreamlike and beautiful, the South Korea brought forth in this novel is cinematic in its urgency and its reflection of contemporary life everywhere--far beyond the boundaries of the Korean peninsula. Recalling the emotional tension of Milan Kundera and the existential anguish of Bret Easton Ellis, I Have the Right to Destroy Myself achieves its author's greatest wish--to show Korean literature as part of an international tradition. Young-ha Kim is a young master, the leading literary voice of his generation.

Kim Young-Ha

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Kim Young-Ha lleva más de veinte años escribiendo novelas y relatos cortos en los que retrata los miedos de la sociedad coreana moderna: la soledad, el tedio, el estancamiento y la muerte. Trabajó como profesor en la Drama School de la Universidad Nacional de Corea y mantuvo un programa de radio literario hasta que en 2008 abandonó cualquier otro trabajo que no fuera el de la escritura y la traducción. Colaboró durante varios años con The New York Times.

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