I Want to Die but I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki

THE BESTSELLING SEQUEL TO THE HIT KOREAN THERAPY MEMOIR TRANSLATED BY INTERNATIONAL BOOKER SHORTLISTEE ANTON HUR Baek Sehee''s struggle to recover from dysthymia continues, and the inner conflict she experienced during the healing period became more complex. I Want to Die but I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki is a record of what life is truly like with persistent mild depression. Part memoir, part self-help book, the intimacy and power of this book led it to become a bestseller in South Korea and Indonesia.>

With candor and humor, Baek offers readers and herself resonant moments of empathy . [I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki] **arrives in the U.S. sensitively English-enabled by favored translator Hur.

Vorwort
The sequel to the Sunday Times and international-bestselling South Korean therapy memoir, translated by International Booker Prize-shortlisted Anton Hur

Autorentext
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.

Klappentext
The sequel to the Sunday Times-bestselling South Korean therapy memoir, translated by International Booker Prize-shortlisted Anton Hur When Baek Sehee started recording her sessions with her psychiatrist, her hope was to create a reference for herself. She never imagined she would reach so many people, especially young people, with her reflections. I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki became a runaway bestseller in South Korea, Indonesia, and the U.S., and reached a community of readers who appreciated depression and anxiety being discussed with such intimacy. Baek's struggle with dysthymia continues in I Want to Die but I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki. And healing is a difficult process; the inner conflict she experiences in treatment becomes more complex, more challenging. With this second book, Baek Sehee reaches out to hold the hands of all those for whom grappling with everyday despair is part of a lifelong project, part of the journey.