Veronika ist jung und hübsch, hat viele Verehrer, einen festen Job, eine liebevolle Familie, aber zufrieden und glücklich ist sie nicht. Sie beschließt, zu sterben. Die Überdosis Schlaftabletten bringt sie ins Krankenhaus und schädigt ihr Herz so, daß ihr nun nur noch wenige Tage bleiben. Die erlebt sie so intensiv wie nichts zuvor, und entdeckt eine unbekannte Gefühlswelt und den Wunsch, weiterzuleben

Zusatztext Veronika has everything she could wish for - young and pretty! with plentyof attractive boyfriends! a steady job! a loving family. Yet Veronika isnot happy and one winter's morning she takes an overdose of sleeping pills!only to wake up some time later in the local hospital. There she is toldthat although she is alive! her heart is now irreparably damaged and shehas only a few days to live... This story follows her through these intensedays as she starts to question all her ideas about life. Informationen zum Autor Paulo Coelho is the author of The Alchemist , he was born in 1947 in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Being the author of 30 books that have sold over 320 million copies in 170 countries, he has become one of the most widely read authors in the world today. Paulo Coelho is the recipient of over 115 awards and honours, including the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the Grinzane Cavour Book Award and the Chevalier de l'Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur, to name a few. MARGARET JULL COSTA has been a translator of Spanish and Portuguese literature since 1987. Among the other authors she has translated are Paulo Coelho, Fernando Pessoa, José Saramago, Bernardo Atxaga and Javier Marías. Her work has brought her various awards, the most recent being the 2008 PEN/Book-of-the-Month Award and the 2008 Oxford Weidenfeld Prize for her translation of Eça de Queiroz's masterpiece The Maias. Klappentext Veronika has everything she could wish for - young and pretty, with plenty of attractive boyfriends, a steady job, loving family. Yet Veronika is not happy and one winter's morning takes an overdose of sleeping pills, only to wake up some time later in the local hospital. There she is told that although she is alive, her heart is now irreparably damaged and she has only a few days to live... This story follows her through these intense days as she starts question all her ideas about life. Soon she comes to realise that every second of existence is a choice we all make between living and dying. This is a moving and uplifting song to life, one that reminds us that every moment in our lives is special and precious. 'Coelho's writing is beautifully poetic...He gives me hope and puts a smile on my face.' THE EXPRESS 'His books have had a life-enhancing impact on millions of people.' THE TIMES 'One of the few to deserve the term "publishing phenomenon".' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY ...

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Paulo Coelho is the author of The Alchemist, he was born in 1947 in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Being the author of 30 books that have sold over 320 million copies in 170 countries, he has become one of the most widely read authors in the world today. Paulo Coelho is the recipient of over 115 awards and honours, including the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the Grinzane Cavour Book Award and the Chevalier de l'Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur, to name a few.

MARGARET JULL COSTA has been a translator of Spanish and Portuguese literature since 1987. Among the other authors she has translated are Paulo Coelho, Fernando Pessoa, José Saramago, Bernardo Atxaga and Javier Marías. Her work has brought her various awards, the most recent being the 2008 PEN/Book-of-the-Month Award and the 2008 Oxford Weidenfeld Prize for her translation of Eça de Queiroz's masterpiece The Maias.

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Veronika has everything she could wish for - young and pretty, with plenty of attractive boyfriends, a steady job, loving family. Yet Veronika is not happy and one winter's morning takes an overdose of sleeping pills, only to wake up some time later in the local hospital. There she is told that although she is alive, her heart is now irreparably damaged and she has only a few days to live...

This story follows her through these intense days as she starts question all her ideas about life. Soon she comes to realise that every second of existence is a choice we all make between living and dying. This is a moving and uplifting song to life, one that reminds us that every moment in our lives is special and precious.

'Coelho's writing is beautifully poetic...He gives me hope and puts a smile on my face.'
THE EXPRESS

'His books have had a life-enhancing impact on millions of people.'
THE TIMES

'One of the few to deserve the term "publishing phenomenon".'
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY