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I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki

I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki
Title Sub
The runaway Korean bestseller recommended by BTS
Author
Baek Sehee
Co-Author
-
Translator
Anton Hur
Publisher
Bloomsbury USA
Published Year
2022
Country
UNITED STATES
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Essay > 21st century

Original Title
죽고 싶지만 떡볶이는 먹고 싶어
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

Romanization of Original
Jukgo sipjiman tteokbokkineun meokgo sipeo
ISBN
9781635579383
Page
208
Volume
-
Baek Se Hee
  • Baek Se Hee
  • Birth : 1990 ~ -
  • Occupation : Writer
  • First Name : Se Hee
  • Family Name : Baek
  • Korean Name : 백세희
  • ISNI : 0000000468735222
  • Works : 17
No. Call No. Location Status Due Date Reservation
1 영어 814 백세희 죽-허b LTI Korea Library Available - -
Descriptions
  • English(English)

The South Korean runaway bestseller, debut author Baek Sehee's intimate therapy memoir, as recommended by BTS.

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 judgmental of others. She hides her feelings well at work and with friends, performing the calmness 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 yen for her favorite street food: the hot, spicy rice cake, tteokbokki? Is this just what life is like?

Recording her dialogues with her psychiatrist over a twelve-week period, and expanding on each session with her own reflective micro-essays, Baek begins to disentangle the feedback loops, knee-jerk reactions, and harmful behaviors 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. It will appeal to anyone who has ever felt alone or unjustified in their everyday despair.

Source : https://www.amazon.com/dp/1635579384