May/June 2002
VERONICA
WANTS TO DIE
Associated Ltd
0680947837
& 10- 2000 pts
Paulo Coelho's Veronica wants to die is the
antithesis of a best-seller. Set in contemporary Slovenia just
after the war in the mid 90's Coelho's shocking story about a
girl
,
is a touching intense story full of insight into the blurry line
that separates "normal" from "insane" people
.A few pages
about the life in hospitals of the mentally handicapped which
offer a very personal view of madness and suffering. The novel
may recall Coelho's own experience in a mental asylum
at
an early age "for his own good". The reader may be reminded
of films such as Wim Wenders' "The Million Dollar Hotel"
or "Someone flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" -two other
masterpieces
.
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