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I Have the Right to Destroy Myself

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Author
YOUNG-HA KIM
Co-Author
-
Translator
Chi-Young Kim
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published Year
2007
Country
UNITED STATES
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century

Original Title
나는 나를 파괴할 권리가 있다
Romanization of Original
Naneun nareul pagoehal gwolliga itda
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

ISBN
9780547540535
Page
-
Series
OverDrive Read

About the Author

  • Kim Young-ha
  • Birth : 1968 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Young-ha
  • Family Name : Kim
  • Korean Name : 김영하
  • ISNI : 000000012148951X
  • Works : 96
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  • English(English)

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.

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Translated Books21 See More

  • Arabic(اللغة العربية) Book
    حقي في تدمير نفسي
    كيم يونج ها / 김영하 / 2024 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century
  • French(Français) Book
    La Mort à demi-mots
    Kim Young-Ha / 김영하 / 2002 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century
  • Dutch(Nederlands) Book
    Ik heb het recht mezelf te vernietigen
    KIM YOUNG-HA / 김영하 / 2006 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century
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