{"product_id":"i-want-to-die-but-i-want-to-eat-tteokbokki-von-baek-sehee","title":"I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE PHENOMENAL KOREAN BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTRANSLATED BY INTERNATIONAL BOOKER SHORTLISTEE ANTON HUR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Will strike a chord with anyone who feels that their public life is at odds with how they really feel inside.' - \u003ci\u003eRed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePSYCHIATRIST: So how can I help you?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ME: I don't know, I'm - what's the word - depressed? Do I have to go into detail?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9781526650863\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe cult hit that everyone is talking about\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover - 9781526650863","offer_id":39755658297437,"sku":"9781526650863","price":16.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/73461_e13706da-585a-4d5b-a2b5-99f42d8db3be.jpg?v=1787717383","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/i-want-to-die-but-i-want-to-eat-tteokbokki-von-baek-sehee","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}