{"product_id":"a-year-on-earth-with-mr-hell-paperback","title":"A Year on Earth with Mr. Hell - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYoung Kim\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Year on Earth With Mr. Hell\u003c\/i\u003e is the critically acclaimed début memoir by Young Kim. The book explores a liberated woman's erotic experience in a clandestine affair without the clichéd political and cultural stereotypes of modern gender roles. It has garnered accolades from Bret Easton Ellis, Nick Hornby, Greil Marcus, Matthew D'Ancona, Michael Bracewell and Helen Rumbelow.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Year on Earth With Mr. Hell\u003c\/i\u003e is a completely truthful and explicit account about the first ten months of a romantic affair Kim conducted with legendary punk rocker and writer, Richard Hell, starting in the winter of 2016. It is unique in that while it is a diary, in its cinematic sweep, it reads like a novel. Because it was written as the unpredictable affair unfolded, there was always great uncertainty to the realization of this \"daybook-cum-docudrama.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKnown for his own erotic writing, Hell instigated the book inadvertently by asking Kim to write something sexually provocative about their first night together. What resulted was an erotic relationship fueled not only by carnal chemistry but also literary synergy. Unusually, in this instance, Hell, a man, a generation older than Kim, acted as her muse; equally unusual is for a woman to write so explicitly and honestly about sex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in a Warholian swirl in the worlds of art, music, and fashion, spanning continents, the narrative is as much about Kim's processing her grief for Malcolm McLaren (most famous for his role as the conceptualizer, art director, and manager of the Sex Pistols, as well as designing the punk style with his then-partner Vivienne Westwood), her romantic and business partner for the last 12 years of his life until his untimely death in 2010.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe design of the book, by Studio Marie Lusa, is an homage to Olympia Press, the notorious Parisian publisher of erotic and banned books like Lolita, \u003ci\u003eThe Story of O, Naked Lunch\u003c\/i\u003e and Alexander Trocchi's \u003ci\u003eHelen and Desire\u003c\/i\u003e, which was the inspiration behind one of McLaren's iconic punk designs for SEX: the \"I Groaned With Pain\" T-shirt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis second edition has been printed to the highest standards (gold embossing, sewn binding, good-quality by Normandie Roto Impression which today prints the prestigious Pléïade Editions in an area in France historically known for printing some of literature's most legendary books including Baudelaire's \u003ci\u003eLes Fleurs du Mal\u003c\/i\u003e. Though this means that the book is slightly more expensive (the price of a cappuccino) than a typical paperback book, Kim believes this is more than justified for two reasons she feels passionately about: the reader can derive pleasure from the book's quality and beauty; and it will last and can be treasured, instead of being disposed of and adding more garbage to the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYoung Kim\u003c\/b\u003e grew up on Long Island, New York, before studying history at Yale University. After teaching English for one year in the former East Germany, she then completed the first year of law school at NYU, before abandoning it in favor of her passion for the creative world. This led her to Paris where she studied fashion at Studio Berçot. During her second year in Paris, she met Malcolm McLaren and immediately commenced a romantic relationship. After a stint in the fashion world, including as an editor of \u003ci\u003eV Magazine\/Visionaire\u003c\/i\u003e, she started working exclusively with McLaren in 2000.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 254\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7 x 4.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 04, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58180021846097,"sku":"9798985378177","price":23.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/5023\/8545\/files\/gBdxZrXjjW9798985378177.webp?v=1757181341","url":"https:\/\/apocalypsevinyl.com\/es\/products\/a-year-on-earth-with-mr-hell-paperback","provider":"Apocalypse Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}