Veronika Decides to Die - Paulo Coelho - Hardcover - 1999

DIMENSIONS: 22cm x 14cm x 2cm

PAGES: 191 pages

WEIGHT: 360g

 

CONDITION: Good with slight wear to the dust jacket. The word 'olds' has been written in small letters and in red pen on the first page.

SYNOPSIS: " Coelho is one of the most widely read Latin authors in the world today, with his best-known novel, The Alchemist, figuring in many people's list of favourite books. This concise and expressively written new piece is a masterly marrying of style and content that should spread his appeal e"ven further. The attractive Veronika appears to live in the best of both worlds, surrounded by handsome boyfriends, a devoted family and everything that makes life worth living. But in the winter of 1997, she decides to die. After overdosing on sleeping pills she wakes up in a hospital bed to be told that her survival will be short-lived. The intensity with which Coelho describes Veronika's coming to terms with her existence is at time painful yet always informed with compassion and a clear-sighted understanding. An unforgettable heroine and a life-affirming book. "