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Veronika Decides to Die

By Paulo Coelho

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| Paperback | 9780060955779

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Twenty-four-year-old Veronika seems to have everything -- youth and beauty, boyfriends and a loving family, a fulfilling job. But something is missing in her life. So, one cold November morning Veronika decides to die. She takes a handful of sleeping pills expecting never to wake up. But she doesContinue

Twenty-four-year-old Veronika seems to have everything -- youth and beauty, boyfriends and a loving family, a fulfilling job. But something is missing in her life. So, one cold November morning Veronika decides to die. She takes a handful of sleeping pills expecting never to wake up. But she does -- at a mental hospital where she is told that she has only days to live.

This poignant international bestseller by the author of The Alchemist takes readers on a quest to find meaning in a culture overshadowed by angst, soulless routine, and pervasive conformity. Based on events in Coelho's own life, Veronika Decides to Die questions the meaning of madness and celebrates individuals who do not fit into patterns society considers to be normal. Bold and illuminating, it is a dazzling portrait of a young woman at the crossroads of despair and liberation, and a poetic, exuberant appreciation of each day as a renewed opportunity.

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  • 3 people find this helpful

    Many of us are leading medicore lives and becoming complaining of our current situations. Yet, very few of us would be brave enough to be different, to be crazy, to live out the different 'selves' in ourselves. Through the changes in life of a girl who attempted suicide, her interactions with other ... (continue)

    Many of us are leading medicore lives and becoming complaining of our current situations. Yet, very few of us would be brave enough to be different, to be crazy, to live out the different 'selves' in ourselves. Through the changes in life of a girl who attempted suicide, her interactions with other patients in a psychiatric hospital and the reflections of the psychiatric patients, this book awakens part of my self and moves me. Very inspiring

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    Carrie said on Feb 16, 2008 | Add your feedback

  • 2 people find this helpful

    Life is a miracle!

    In this world, some of us are sad, some are mad.
    Some want to hide away from facts.
    But, till the end, we shall find
    miracle is life,
    when nothing is not in our hands.

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    Denise said on Sep 24, 2008 | Add your feedback

  • 1 person find this helpful

    Going to die as the moment you dare to do anything. because you have nothing to lose.

    Maybe we should think on this way. We'll gone in the next moment. You should try everything that we want, thinking is not enough, take action is the key.

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    drian said on Dec 6, 2007 | Add your feedback

  • We are all crazy

    We are not different from the people who lives inside Vilette. They're doing things on their own because they want to, they build their own world because they have to be happy on their own way. Just like us living outside Vilette, we do things that makes us happy eternally.

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    Joanna said on Mar 29, 2010 | Add your feedback

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