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I Have the Right to Destroy Myself by Kim, Young-ha, 1968- is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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A “mesmerizing” novel of a love triangle and a mysterious disappearance in South Korea (Booklist). In the fast-paced, high-urban landscape of Seoul, C and K are brothers who have fallen in love with the same beguiling drifter, Se-yeon, who gives herself freely to both of them. Then, just as they are trying desperately to forge a connection in an alienated world, Se-yeon suddenly disappears. All the while, a spectral, calculating narrator haunts the edges of their lives, working to help the lost and hurting find escape through suicide. When Se-yeon reemerges, it is as the narrator's new client. Recalling the emotional tension of Milan Kundera and the existential anguish of Bret Easton Ellis, I Have the Right to Destroy Myself is a dreamlike “literary exploration of truth, death, desire and identity” (Publishers Weekly). Cinematic in its urgency, the novel offers “an atmosphere of menacing ennui [set] to a soundtrack of Leonard Cohen tunes” (Newark Star-Ledger). “Kim's novel is art built upon art. His style is reminiscent of Kafka's and also relies on images of paintings (Jacques-Louis David's ‘The Death of Marat,'Gustav Klimt's ‘Judith') and film (Jim Jarmusch's ‘Stranger Than Parad

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Author

Kim, Young-ha, 1968-

Publisher

Harcourt, c2007

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780547540535

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Thriller, Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.31 / 5 (1,355 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14