How long does it take to read I Have the Right to Destroy Myself?
I Have the Right to Destroy Myself by Young-ha Kim takes about 2 hours 11 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 11 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2007. 119 pages, about 32,725 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 38 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 11 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 22 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
An unnamed narrator assists the lost and hurting find an escape through peaceful suicide, and two brothers are torn by their mutual love for the same woman, in a collection of interwoven stories set against the backdrop of contemporary Korea.
Subjects: Youth, Man-woman relationships, Love, Social conditions, Fiction, Korea, fiction
