I Need Art, Reality Isn't Enough

A memoir in images from the iconic South Korean Sally Rooney illustrator and author of Starry Night, Blurry Dreams

Everything I feel from reading and listening to music
I commit to paper in black pen
And gradually, blot by blot, stroke by stroke,
A new mode of expression emerges.
At this point, it's just scribbles in a diary
Not yet reborn as "Henn Kim" of the future.

Depression and creativity, love and family, books and music- this personal and vulnerable memoir by the iconic South Korean illustrator explores her life from the ages of seventeen to thirty-three through image, text and poetry. From what nearly broke her to what saved her, everyone will find something to comfort them in Henn Kim's world.

ISBN: 9781526636256 | Published: 17 October 2023 | Hardback | 448 pages