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Veronika decides to die /

"Another of Coelho's spiritual journeys, this time by the 24-year-old protagonist who, after a failed suicide attempt, rediscovers in an insane asylum in Slovenia the preciousness and precariousness of life. Costa's translation is competent, but cannot save Coelho's novel from it...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Coelho, Paulo
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 2017, c1999.
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Summary:"Another of Coelho's spiritual journeys, this time by the 24-year-old protagonist who, after a failed suicide attempt, rediscovers in an insane asylum in Slovenia the preciousness and precariousness of life. Costa's translation is competent, but cannot save Coelho's novel from its by now familiar and conventionally inspirational tone and message"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Physical Description:191 p.
ISBN:9788172235437