I Want To Die But I Want To Eat Tteokbokki (Hardcover)

The phenomenal Korean bestseller translated by international booker shortlistee Anton Hur.

PSYCHIATRIST: So how can I help you?

ME: I don't know, I'm – what's the word – depressed? Do I have to go into detail?

Baek Sehee is a successful young social media director at a publishing house when she begins seeing a psychiatrist about her – what to call it? – depression? She feels persistently low, anxious, endlessly self-doubting, but also highly judgemental of others. She hides her feelings well at work and with friends; adept at performing the calmness, even ease, her lifestyle demands. The effort is exhausting, overwhelming, and keeps her from forming deep relationships. This can't be normal.

But if she's so hopeless, why can she always summon a desire for her favourite street food, the hot, spicy rice cake, tteokbokki? Is this just what life is like?

Recording her dialogues with her psychiatrist over a 12-week period, Baek begins to disentangle the feedback loops, knee-jerk reactions and harmful behaviours that keep her locked in a cycle of self-abuse. Part memoir, part self-help book, I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki is a book to keep close and to reach for in times of darkness.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2022
Authors:	Baek Sehee
Translators:	Anton Hur
Dimensions:	216 x 135 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-1-5266-5086-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Coping with personal problems > Coping with illness Books > Biography > General
LSN:	1-5266-5086-X
Barcode:	9781526650863

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One of my best purchases!

Sat, 3 Sep 2022 | Review by: Aiden B.

The book has been one of the best purchases I’ve ever made in my life. I’ve learnt that in order to be happy I need to not acclimatise to others perspectives but rather to create my own! I’m not making any sense to you but you see, my perspective is the only one that matters ☺

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Love it! EYE OPENER!

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 | Review by: Reza-Astrid F.

The book is incredible. An interesting read

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