Veronika Decide Morrer
by:
Paulo Coelho (author)
This is the story of a young woman disenchanted by the monotony of life. Although she apparently has everything she could desire, she is unhappy. She therefore chooses a date and time to end what she considers her insipid existence. After an overdose of tranquilizers, she wakes up a patient in a...
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This is the story of a young woman disenchanted by the monotony of life. Although she apparently has everything she could desire, she is unhappy. She therefore chooses a date and time to end what she considers her insipid existence. After an overdose of tranquilizers, she wakes up a patient in a mental hospital, where she discovers that her days are numbered. Esta é a história de uma jovem desencantada com a mesmice da vida. Embora aparentemente tenha tudo o que possa desejar, ela se sente infeliz. Assim, escolhe dia e hora para pôr fim ao que julga uma existência insossa. Após uma overdose de calmantes, acorda internada numa clínica para loucos, onde descobre que seus dias estão contados
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9788573022018 (8573022019)
ASIN: 8573022019
Publisher: Objetiva
Pages no: 221
Edition language: English
This book makes you think about what insanity is. The book explores the experience of a young woman who, having survived a suicide attempt, finds herself in a mental asylum, where she is told irreversible damage has been done to her heart and she will be dead within a week.
It is sad that some peopl...
“An Awareness of Death Encourages Us to Live More Intensely’ When I first read ‘The Alchemist’ by Paulo Coelho I was not impressed, even though its considered one of his best work. Also I had no intention of reading any of his books either. That is to say I never planned to read - Veronika Decides...
Przeczytane w gimnazjum; pamiętam, że była to pierwsza książka autora, jaką przeczytałam i wówczas zachwyciłam się nią. Zachęcona, sięgnęłam po kolejne i z każdą następną proza pana Coelho coraz mniej mi się podobała. Moje zachwyty nad "Weroniką..." wynikały zapewne z wieku - przemyślenia zawarte w ...
I read Veronika decides to die yesterday. I don’t know what was expecting but it wasn’t what I found when I read it. I watched the movie some time ago and I liked it, it wasn’t good but it wasn’t a terrible movie either, so I just thought that maybe the book was better and I would like it. Truth is ...
I just don't... get it.This is one of those book that many of my friends seemed to love but I didn't. I liked it, sure. It dragged in the first half and became boring but then it picked up pace in the second one. I kind of enjoyed it. And there are many things that annoyed me.Veronika's reasons to s...