I Have the Right to Destroy Myself, (Hardcover)

from avanders

This novella is a deftly written foray into a person's decision to end their life... and an "assistant" who assists with that decision. I thought the author did an impressive job of examining the differing perspectives of people whose lives are all, in some way, intertwined. He managed to both se...

from JasonBrownPDX

I have read books about serial killers, mass murderers, sexual sadists, and freaks. I have never run across a book about someone who assists others commit suicide. Kim Young-Ha's 'I have the right to destroy myself' was a twisted new diversion in my reading. hooray for south korean fiction!every ...

from JimElkins

An interesting example of cultural dislocation. the book is about young twenty-something men and women in Korea and in Europe, drifting from place to place, having sex, exchanging more or less nihilistic and random thoughts. One of them spends his time arranging for people to kill themselves. In ...

from MichelleRose

This was a short sparsely written book. The narrator finds people who seem to have an inclination towards suicide and helps them accomplish the task. I kept wondering if this person was an assistant to the Grim Reaper himself. The story was told around the lives of brothers C and K. They meet str...

from sarahlh

It's hard to put into words why Young-ha Kim's novel was so effective or so emotionally draining, but it was, and it was an excellent read all together. It has me very excited about his other English translated works.