21. Death, the Afterlife, and I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki

Books Without Borders

TW - The final 9 minutes of this podcast contain in-depth discussions of suicide and suicidal ideation. Listener discretion is advised. Welcome to Books Without Borders, the podcast where two people in different hemispheres come together to discuss their favourite things: books! In this episode, Nina and Emma happen to both have read enjoyable South Asian books with themes of death and the afterlife, PLUS an in-depth discussion about I Want to Die But I Want ti Eat Tteokbokki. Send us an email! [e-mail] ————————————————— Books mentioned in this episode: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida - Shehan Karunatilaka The Many Deaths of Laila Starr - Ram V with Filipe Andrade Heartstopper - Alice Oseman Sheets - Brenna Thummler Guerilla Green - Ophelie Damblé with Cookie Kalkair Spells for Forgetting - Adrienne Young Holes - Louis Sachar Lord of the Flies - William Golding Percy Jackson series - Rick Riordan The Birthday of the World and Other Stories - Ursula K. Le Guin Coraline - Neil Gaiman Love as Always, Kurt: Vonnegut as I Knew Him - Loree Rackstraw I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki - Baek Sehee I’m Glad My Mom Died - Jennette McCurdy ————————————————— Also mentioned: The Conjuring https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1457767/ The Mist https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0884328/ Holes https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311289/ Stutz https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21819228/