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Diary of a Murderer by Kim Young-ha review – dark stories from South Korea

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Article
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/01/diary-of-a-murder-by-kim-young-ha-review
Journal
The Guardian
Issued Date
January 01, 2020
Page
-
Language
English(English)
Country
UNITED KINGDOM
City
-
Book
Diary of a Murderer
Writer
Kim Young-ha
Translator
Krys Lee

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)

Given that loss of memory has become a familiar device in fiction, and the psychopath such a popular character archetype, we shouldn’t be too surprised by the notion of a serial killer hero with Alzheimer’s. The title story of South Korean author Kim Young-ha’s collection is a first-person narrative with a journal structure that nods to Gogol’s Diary of a Madman, and like its Russian progenitor charts the descent into dementia of an alienated protagonist. (...)

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