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Veronika Decides To Die

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few weeks ago
WARNING: This is an extremely dangerous book. It could change your life. Paulo Coelho has written only one real book and Veronika (1998) is it. The story is set in an asylum where the lead character finds herself, and a refrain is a redemptive analysis of madness, closely related to the notion popularized by Foucault - madness as a societal construct, and not something independently...more
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Face it...we're all a little CRAZY (on certain days). The title of this book would normally be a turn-off for me. I wouldn't even consider reading it if my very own daughter, Arianna, hadn't mentioned it so excitedly to her friend, Laura, last August 2004. I finally found a used copy and I'm very glad I read it now. Paulo Coelho simply adds so much to one's life in his profound words (and...more
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“Veronika seems to have every thing she could wish for. She is very young and pretty, has plenty of attractive boy friends, goes steady job, a loving family. Yet she was not happy; something was lacking in her life. On the morning of November 11th, 1077 she decided to die.” “She had everything she wished for. Yet she was not happy; something was lacking in her life”....more
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I have never really warmed to Coelho. Perhaps it is the translation that is lacking, but I have always found his work rather clunky and stilted. And despite his apparently good intentions, some of his views seem rather sinister and his attitude slightly patronising. So this book - about a girl who fails to kill herself and then finds she has only days left to live - was one I could have done...more
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A friend recommended me to read this book on an accidental occasion. He said that Paulo Coelho is a must read writer (or at least, what I had in mind when he shared his experience, I assumed). Anyway, Veronika Decides to Die tells a story about a 24 years old woman who committed suicide and failed. But somehow, her attempt did cause some problems, she was put to a mental hospital for one...more
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  • ISBN-10: 0060011939
  • ISBN-13: 9780060011932
  • ISBN-10: 0060196653
  • ISBN-13: 9780060196653
  • ISBN-10: 9700510921
  • ISBN-13: 9789700510927
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