EAN: 9781526650863

I WANT TO DIE BUT I WANT TO EAT TTEOKBOKKI - BA...

_______________ THE PHENOMENAL KOREAN BESTSELLER TRANSLATED BY INTERNATIONAL BOOKER SHORTLISTEE
ANTON HUR 'Will strike a chord with anyone who feels that their public life is at odds with how
they really feel inside.' - Red 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.

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