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I Have The Right To Destroy Myself - So Misguided Review
by Dan
Fiction / August 07, 2007
Monique has reviewed Young-ha Kim's eerie love story I HAVE THE RIGHT TO DESTROY MYSELF over at her blog So Misguided:
highly dreamlike and cinematic--There's a certain dark brilliance in the writing and how Young-Ha Kim has captured the tone of these listless characters--the intensity and aimlessness of the characters is alarming and the ease with which they seem to destroy themselves is unnerving.
Monique is not alone in identifying the dark qualities of the the book. This is what the LA Times had to say about it:
The philosophy--life is worthless and small--reminds us of Camus and Sartre, risky territory for a young writer. Such heady influences can topple a novel. But Kim has the advantage of the urban South Korean landscape. Fast cars, sex with lollipops and weather fronts from Siberia lend a unique flavor to good old-fashioned nihilism. Think of it as Korean noir.
Apparently it's also been made into a movie. Has anyone seen it?
Click here for the So Misguided review