I want to die but I want to eat tteokbokki
Paek, Se-hŭi, 1990-2025
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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 conversations with her psychiatrist over 12 weeks, Baek begins to disentangle the feedback loops, knee-jerk reactions and harmful behaviours that keep her locked in a cycle of self-abuse.
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eccles Library | Adult Non Fiction | 616.890092 PAEPaperback | Onloan - Due: 23 Feb 2026 |
Main title:
I want to die but I want to eat tteokbokki / Baek Sehee ; translated by Anton Hur.
Author:
Paek, Se-hŭi, 1990-, authorHur, Anton, translator
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2025.
Collation:
400 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Dyslexic-friendly.Translated from the Korean.This translation originally published: 2022.
ISBN:
9781526694034 (pbk)
Dewey class:
616.890092616.89 PAE
Language:
EnglishKorean
Subject:
BRN:
4168534