![]() Coelho’s efforts to document these psychological transitions are admirable. ![]() But it is Veronika’s progress as a lost young woman trying to find her niche in the world that drew my attention. To begin a story with a suicide attempt is a sure-fire way of gaining your readers attention, as Coelho well knows. Instead, the focus of the book is firmly upon Veronika and her feelings, which in this case, are actually quite complex. Coelho doesn’t overcloud or embellish his words unnecessarily. This was the first Coelho book I ever read, and like all his books it is simple to read. ![]() Existence begins to bother her, the beauty of nature shines through the grey Ljubljana mornings, when suddenly one day Veronika wakes up and realises with horror that things are changing inside her… that in the face of death, her survival instincts have begun to take hold. However, as the days shorten and her resolve wans, Veronika starts seeing life in a different light. Veronika is now faced with the prospect of ‘waiting’ for death a much different approach to the whole thing, but nevertheless she still gets her initial wish. Somehow she wakes up to find herself inside a mental institution and the knowledge that she has damaged her heart so badly that she only has a few days left to live. ![]() Veronika does decide to die, but it doesn’t mean she succeeds. “In order to appreciate life, one must taste death…” ![]()
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