Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho (2001, Trade Paperback)

Description: This vintage trade paperback book is in 'very good' condition. VERONIKA DECIDES TO DIE by PAUL COELHO "Girl, Interrupted meets The Catcher in the Rye." -Mademoiselle 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 the has only a few 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. "In this deceptively unadorned tale, narrated in a charmingly ironic style, Paulo Coelho plumbs the profoundest depths of mores, madness, and meaning. A marvelous achievement!" -Lou Marinoff, PH.D., author of Plato, Not Prozac! Paulo Cohelho is an internationally bestselling author whose books The Alchemist, The Pilgramage, The Valkyries, By the River Pedra I Sat Down & Wept, and The Fifth Mountain - hve sold more than 30 million copies in 120 countries and have been translated into 51 languages. A recipient of the 1999 Davos Conference Crystal Award for Artistic Achievement. Coelho lives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ISBN 9780060955779

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