VERONIKA DECIDES TO DIE

VERONIKA DECIDES TO DIE - PAULO COELHO

About the author:-

Paulo Coelho is a contemporary novelists and lyricist. He lives in Brazil. His one of the famous book is “The Alchemist”. In total he has written 30 books. He is famous for his simple and beautiful writing. You can also follow this writer on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

“Veronika decides to die"

“Veronika decides to die” by Paulo Coelho kept me busy these days. As a fan of Paulo Coelho’s writing, I stumbled upon this book on Flipkart and was captivated by the major questions it asks about life and death. “Decides” is the key word in the title of this book. It is a story of a young girl who fails to die and leads to journey to discover the importance of living life to the fullest.

Inspired by his events from the past, the writer tells us the story of veronika. She is a girl of 24 and has everything she could wish for, yet she is not happy. She takes an overdose of sleeping pills, and wakes up at local hospital. There she comes to know that she is alive, but there are very few days left with her.

The story is about realisation that every second of existence is choice we all make between living and dying. Every moment in our lives is special and precious. It is not such a long book. It weighs in at about 200 pages, but it does make one feel grateful to be alive. I would recommend it to everyone. I believe it has the power to draw people away from that dark thought. Existence is a gift, a blessing.

“Everything will be okay in the end.

If it’s not okay,It’s not the end.”

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