Title Veronika decides to die / Paul Coelho ; translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa

Published Pymble, N.S.W. : HarperCollins, 1999

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Description 185 pages ; 21 cm Series And on the seventh day ; 2 Summary Veronika believes her life is entirely meaningless. She takes an overdose of sleeping tablets in an attempt to end her life. Instead of dying, she wakes up (five days later) in a mental hospital. But her dismay worsens as she experiences a heart attack, and is told that the damage is so severe that she only has five days to live Analysis Psychological fiction Fiction Psychological fiction Spanish & Portuguese literature Notes Translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa Audience General Notes Translated from the Portuguese Subject Mental illness -- Fiction. Portuguese fiction -- 20th century. Psychological fiction, Portuguese. Quality of life -- Fiction. Suicide -- Fiction. Young women -- Suicidal behavior -- Fiction. Genre/Form Fiction. Author Costa, Margaret Jull, translator ISBN 0732267633 (paperback) 9780732267636 (paperback)

Other Titles Veronika decide morrer. English

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