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  • I borrowed this book from a fellow Paulo Coelho fan who rides the same bus as I do in the morning. It was a really great read with a lot of depth and honesty. I now want to read the rest of Coelho's books in the order he wrote them.

    

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세계적 밀리언셀러 작가, '소설의 연금술사'로 불리는 파울로 코엘료의 신작 소설. 매마른 일상에 빠져 인생의 꿈을 잃어버린 베로니카는 삶을 버리고자 결심한다. 그러나 네 병의 수면제를 들이키고 다시 눈을 뜬 곳은 정신병원 '빌레트'. 그곳에서 그녀는 세상에서는 만날 수 없는 '다른' 사람들을 만나게 된다. 일주일 남짓한 생의 시간 속에서, 그리고 자신이 선택한 죽음과 선택치 않은 죽음 사이에서 사랑을 알게 되고, 생을 빛으로 채우기 시작하는데.. 명성에 걸맞는 열정이 깃든 시적인 문체로 생의 드라마을 이끄는, 작가의 능력이 돋보이는 소설이다.

책 뒷부분에 독자들을 위한 작가 소개, 작품 해설 등을 담은 [Insights, Interviews, and More] 파트를 추가한 특별 에디션이다.

Twenty-three-year-old Veronika seems to have everything she could wish for. She goes to popular night spots, dates attractive men, and has a caring family. Yet something is lacking in her life. So on the morning of November 11, 1997, Veronika decides to die.

After she awakens from an overdose, Veronika finds she has only days to live. The story follows Veronika through those intense days as, to her own surprise, she finds herself drawn into the enclosed world of the local hospital she is staying in. In this heightened state she experiences things she has never allowed herself to feel: hatred, fear, curiosity, love, and sexual awakening. Gradually she discovers that every second of her existence is a choice between living and dying. Paulo Coelho's Veronika Decides to Die, based on his own moving personal experience, ... [예스24 제공]

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