Veronika Decides to Die

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novel philosophical novel

Veronika Decides to Die is a philosophical novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that follows a young woman’s transformative journey after a failed suicide attempt in a mental institution, exploring themes of madness, freedom, and the meaning of life.

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Veronika Decide Morrer 1
Veronika Decides to Die (film) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
philosophical novel ⓘ
adaptationType feature film ⓘ
author Paulo Coelho ⓘ
centralEvent failed suicide attempt ⓘ
character Dr. Igor ⓘ
Eduard ⓘ
Mari ⓘ
Zedka ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Brazil ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector Emily Young ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 2009 ⓘ
filmAdaptationStar Sarah Michelle Gellar ⓘ
followedBy The Devil and Miss Prym ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation Veronika Decides to Die self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Veronika Decides to Die (film)
hasTranslation English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
keyLocation Villete psychiatric hospital ⓘ
languageOfFirstPublication Portuguese ⓘ
literaryMovement contemporary literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Veronika ⓘ
motif insanity as social construct ⓘ
time and mortality ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor exploration of existential questions ⓘ
portrayal of psychiatric institutions ⓘ
originalLanguage Portuguese ⓘ
originalTitle Veronika Decides to Die self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Veronika Decide Morrer
partOfSeries And on the Seventh Day trilogy ⓘ
precededBy By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept ⓘ
publicationYear 1998 ⓘ
publisher HarperCollins ⓘ
setting Ljubljana ⓘ
mental institution ⓘ
theme conformity ⓘ
freedom ⓘ
individuality ⓘ
love ⓘ
madness ⓘ
meaning of life ⓘ
mental illness ⓘ
suicide ⓘ

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By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept → followedBy → Veronika Decides to Die ⓘ
Veronika Decides to Die → hasAdaptation → Veronika Decides to Die self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Veronika Decides to Die (film)
Paulo Coelho → notableWork → Veronika Decides to Die ⓘ
Veronika Decides to Die → originalTitle → Veronika Decides to Die self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Veronika Decide Morrer
The Devil and Miss Prym → precededBy → Veronika Decides to Die ⓘ