VERONIKA DECIDES TO DIE - A NOVEL OF REDEMPTION

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Libro

Editorial	HARPER COLLINS
Edad	Adultos
Idioma	Inglés Internacional
Nivel	Avanzado
Autor	COELHO PAULO
ISBN	9780061124266
Peso ( kg )	0,192
Tipo	Soporte Físico
Año de edición	2006
Formato	TAPA RUSTICA
Sinopsis	The bestselling Brazilian author of The Alchemist delicately etches this morose but ultimately uplifting story of the suicidal Veronika, who creeps along the boundary between life and death, sanity and madness, happiness and despair. Veronika, 24, works in a library in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and rents a room in a convent; she is an attractive woman with friends and family, but feelings of powerlessness and apathy tempt her to find "freedom" in an overdose of sleeping pills. When Veronika awakens in the purgatory of Villete, the country's famous lunatic asylum, she is told her suicide attempt weakened her heart and she has only days to live. At this point, Coelho takes a role in the novel; he describes the circumstances under which he discovered Veronika's story and then recounts his own youthful incarceration in a Brazilian sanatorium, consigned there by parents who couldn't understand his "unusual behavior." As quickly as he drops in, however, he drops out again, relying on interior monologues to set scenes. In a sedative-induced haze, Veronika finds companionship in white-haired Mari, who suffers from panic attacks, and Eduard, an ambassador's son who has been diagnosed as schizophrenic, and she begins to question the definition of insanity. It is her supposed death sentence from the devious Dr. Igor, who is trying to shock her back into reality, that allows Veronika to reacquire the will to live and love. Employing his trademark blend of religious and philosophical overtones, Coelho focuses on his central question: why do people go on when life seems unfair and fate indifferent? The simple, often banal prose contrasts Veronika's bleak inner landscape with the beautiful contours of Slovenia, gradually culminating in an upbeat ending with the message that each day of life is a miracle. Coelho's latest will appeal to readers who enjoy animated homilies about the worth of human existence. COELHO PAULO Nació en Río de Janeiro en 1947. Trabajó como director y autor de teatro, periodista y compositor antes de dedicarse a los libros. Desde la publicación de su primer libro, El Peregrino de Compostela Diario de un mago , se han vendido más de 320 millones de ejemplares de sus novelas en todo el mundo. Entre sus mayores éxitos destaca El Alquimista, considerado el libro brasileño más vendido de todos los tiempos, publicado en ciento setenta países y traducido a ochenta y ocho idiomas.
Cantidad de páginas	240
Fecha Ingreso	06-01-2025