{"product_id":"i-want-to-die-but-i-still-want-to-eat-tteokbokki-baek-sehee","title":"I Want to Die but I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki (Baek Sehee)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE PHENOMENAL KOREAN BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTRANSLATED BY INTERNATIONAL BOOKER SHORTLISTEE ANTON HUR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Will strike a chord with anyone who feels that their public life is at odds with how they really feel inside.' \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003ci\u003eRed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePSYCHIATRIST: So how can I help you?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ME: I don't know, I'm - what's the word - depressed? Do I have to go into detail?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eI Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki \u003c\/i\u003eis a book to keep close and to reach for in times of darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBorn in 1990, \u003cb\u003eBaek Sehee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003estudied 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 \u003ci\u003eI Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki\u003c\/i\u003e, books one and two. Her favorite food was tteokbokki, and she lived with her rescue dog Jaram.\n\u003cb\u003eAnton Hur\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eNo One Told Me Not To\u003c\/i\u003e and the novel \u003ci\u003eToward Eternity\u003c\/i\u003e. His translations include Bora Chung's \u003ci\u003eCursed Bunny\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize and a finalist for the National Book Award.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 224 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65782888825181,"sku":"K097738171","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9773817100001A.jpg?v=1788340098","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/i-want-to-die-but-i-still-want-to-eat-tteokbokki-baek-sehee","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}