I Want to Die but I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki

SEQUEL TO THE PHENOMENAL KOREAN BESTSELLER SEQUEL TO THE PHENOMENAL KOREAN BESTSELLER

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Born in 1990, Baek Sehee *studied creative writing in university before working for five years at a publishing house. For ten years, she received psychiatric treatment for dysthymia (persistent mild depression), which became the subject of her essays, and then I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki*, books one and two. Her favorite food is tteokbokki, and she lives with her rescue dog Jaram. Anton Hur* was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He is the author of No One Told Me Not To and the novel Toward Eternity. His translations include Bora Chung's Cursed Bunny*, which was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize and a finalist for the National Book Award.

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SEQUEL TO THE PHENOMENAL KOREAN BESTSELLER
TRANSLATED BY INTERNATIONAL BOOKER SHORTLISTEE ANTON HUR

Baek Sehee could never have predicted how many people I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki would reach across the world. A runaway bestseller in South Korea, Japan, China, Indonesia and the UK, this record of conversations with her therapist demonstrated the realities of anxiety and depression in a uniquely intimate way.
But Baek's battle with dysthymia did not end there. Grappling with mental health is an everyday struggle. In I Want to Die but I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki, Baek's experiences become more complex, as she demonstrates that striving contentment is an ongoing journey.

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An eye-opening view into a person's most vulnerable moments in a new way Cosmopolitan