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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)
Em uma vida muito depressiva, Veronika tenta se matar e vai parar em um manicômio. Lá encontra Edward, um rapaz esquizofrênico, ela se apaixona e aos poucos descobre o que é viver. ( )
Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
Behold I give unto you power to tread on serpents ... and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Luke 10:19
Dedicatória
Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
For S.T. de L., who began to help me without my realising it
Primeiras palavras
Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
On November 11, 1997, Veronika decided that the moment to kill herself had - at last! - arrived.
Citações
Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
Half shy, half extrovert, he had the desire to be an "artist," something that everyone in the family considered a perfect recipe for ending up a social outcast and dying in poverty.
In a world where everyone struggles to survive whatever the cost, how could one judge those people who decide to die?
Últimas palavras
Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
Meticulously he began to write up his experient with Veronika; he would leave until later the reports on the building's lack of security.
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.
Lá encontra Edward, um rapaz esquizofrênico, ela se apaixona e aos poucos descobre o que é viver. ( )