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I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki 죽고 싶지만 떡볶이는 먹고 싶어

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I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki (Korean: 죽고 싶지만 떡볶이는 먹고 싶어; RR: Jukgo sipjiman tteokbokkineun meokgo sipeo) is a 2018 memoir by Baek Se-hee. The book follows Baek's conversations with her psychiatrist regarding her depression while also addressing other topics related to mental health and selfhood. Since its self-publishing in 2018, the book has become a nationwide bestseller and been translated in 25 countries, selling over a million copies total worldwide. In 2022, an English translation by translator Anton Hur was published by Bloomsbury Publishing.

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I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki (죽고 싶지만 떡볶이는 먹고 싶어) — verified Korean book. Published 2018-06-20. By Baek Se-hee.

Details

• Genre: essay
• Original language: Korean
• Author: Baek Se-Hee [백세희], Anton Hur
• First published: 2022
• Title: I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki
• Korean: 죽고 싶지만 떡볶이는 먹고 싶어
• Year: 2018
• Origin: 대한민국

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• Open Library lists the Korean name as I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki; KoreaAPI uses 죽고 싶지만 떡볶이는 먹고 싶어 (chosen by source authority).

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