Paperback, 240 pages
English language
Published May 23, 2006 by Harper Perennial.
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, she takes a handful of sleeping pills expecting never to wake up. But she does -- at a mental hospital where she is told that she has only days to live.Inspired by 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.
Mais um livro em que as expectativas suplantam a realidade. Depois de ter crescido a ouvir dizer bem do mesmo, ao ler fica aquém do que considero necessário para um bom livro. Acho que já li demasiados livros para conseguir gostar da escrita tão simplista do Paulo Coelho ou se calhar cansei-me de já ler tantos....
