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, Is About People Who Do Not Fit Into Patterns Society Considers To Be Normal. It Is About Madness And The Need To Find An Alternative Way Of Living For People Who Face Prejudices Because They Think In A Different Way. In veronika Decides To Die, Paulo Coelho Invites The Reader To Discover The World That Lies Outside The Routine And Addresses The Fundamental Question Asked By Millions: What Am I Doing Here Today? And Why Do I Go On Living?
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from The Celebrated Author Of The Best-seller the Alchemist, Comes A Very Interesting, Thought-provoking, And Gripping Work About One Woman's Search For Meaning In A World Ruled By Apathy And Indifference. Dazzlingly Complex, Full Of Lyrical Whisperings, And Confessional Asides, It Deals With The Most Fundamental Questions Of Life. The Ending Took Me By Surprise. So True In So Many Ways. Get This Book To Oprah.
Categories:
- Teen & Young Adult
- Literature & Fiction
- Classics
- Literature & Fiction
Publisher : HarperOne
Author : Coelho, Paulo
Language : English
Edition : 1
Published :2021-08-03
Number Of Pages : 240
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 0061124265
ISBN-13 : 9780061124266
Item weight : 0.4 lb
Dimensions : 0.71 in x 5.35 in x 8.03 in
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