Publisher: Harcourt (A)
132 pages
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About This Book
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.
About the Author
Young-ha Kim's I Have the Right to Destroy Myself won Korea's
Munhak-dongne prize and was a Border's Original Voices pick upon
publication in the United States. He has earned a reputation as the most
talented and prolific Korean writer of his generation, publishing five
novels and three collections of short stories since 1996.
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