"Madness is the inability to communicate your ideas. It's as if you were in a foreign country, able to see and understand everything that's going on around you, but incapable of explaining what you need to know... (page 56)"

AUTHOR'S WRITING STYLE: 4 stars!!!

Yay: It is nicely written in third-person perspective in past tenses. There is a shift in perspective when the author explains a certain variable in psychology. I love how he explains it. He brings my curiosity to the next level. Nay: There is too much inappropriate labeling on a patient with schizophrenia. This patient is repeatedly called by his name with the term "schizophrenic." It does sound that his mental illness defines him as a person.

This is an insult, especially when you talk to the person face to face. You do not have the right to label anyone with mental health problems no matter how mild or serious it is. The diagnosis does not define who you are. Your resilience defines you instead. I mean, when someone gets a fever, it does not make sense to call him "Fin, the fever man," right?

CHARACTERS' DEVELOPMENT: 5 stars!!!

Yay: Excellent. Apart from Veronika, it gives each character the equal amount of flashback for me to understand where they came from. Reading the stories of Zedka, Mari and Eduard make me put myself into their shoe. Their characters experience a kind of trouble. These are stressful experiences, which have resulted to something negative. They need to be confined in an institution to recover. Nay: There is nothing I can remember. I am satisfied.

PLOT: 4 stars!!!

Yay: This is a timely book to read. It is something I can fully relate with as I lost a loved one on suicide. This book makes me realize that it is a real challenge to read the mind of a suicidal person. Veronika strongly wants to die. She seems obsessed about death, and it is something she looks forward doing. But after an unsuccessful attempt, she finds herself in Villete - a mental hospital. Nay: The ending is rushed.

اگر همین حالا به ما بگویند فقط یک هفته زنده ای چه میکنیم ؟ آیا زانوی غم بغل کرده و سرعت فرسایش درونی حتی از خود مرگ هم قوی تر و سریع تر روحمان را از جسم جدا میکند ؟ یا که سعی میکنم از لحظه لحظه ی آن ۷ روز نهایت استفاده را کنیم و جدا تمام حسرت هارا حالا شاید اندکی شان را تجربه کنیم و با لبخند به آغوش روز هفتم و مرگ برویم ؟ ما هیچ از زندگی نمیدانیم . ما بلد نیستیم زندگی کنیم . ما ربات های خواب آلودی هستیم که یا در گذشته به سر میبریم یا در آینده و نگران آن لحظاتی هستیم که هرگز فرا نرسیده درست مثل ورونیکا ؛ در آن مدت که دکتر به او گفت به مرگ نزدیک میشود زندگی اش شروع شد و خودش و استعدادش را کشف کرد و حتی باعث تاثیرات مثبت در بقیه شد و چند نفر را از خواب بیدار کرد و به واژه ی صحیح زندگی برگرداند . منظورم از زندگی چیزی بالاتر از حالات رباتی خودمان هست ، حتی من هم با خواندن این کتاب فهمیدم که معنی زندگی را نمیفهمم و بدتر که نمیدانم اگر بفهمم چطوری میشود و *تبدیل به چه انسانی میشوم و بلد نیستم رها باشم و از رهایی فراریم ، گفتن لغت *تبدیل باز هم اشتباه هست باید بگویم اگر زندگی را بفهمم خود واقعی ام خودی که سالها زیر خاکسترهای درونی پنهان هست سر بیرون میاورد و نفس میشکد و با هر نفسش به خودم باز میگردم و رها از گذشته و آینده عاشق زمان حال، فقط در زمان حال از فرصتم برای انسان بودن استفاده میکنم و بیداری آرزوی من هست و شاید روزی چیزی کسی جایی باعث شد که من بیدار شوم ... در طلب آن بیداریم

Veronica se hotărăște să moară
Un roman pe care l-aș recomanda cu siguranță. Paulo Coelho ne pune față în față cu niște subiecte delicate. Este o operă aparte prin felul ei, are o logică care ne determină să reflectăm asupra unor lucruri. Îl consider un roman nu neapărat pentru orice vârstă pe motivul relevării unor subiecte ce ar putea fi tălmăcite greșit. Un roman ce întrunește trăiri și elemente psihologice greu de analizat, însă cu un mesaj prețios.

hayatla ilgili çoğu şeyi sorgulamamı sağlayan Veronika Ölmek İstiyor, -arka kapakta da belirtildiği gibi- var oluşumuzun her dakikasına yaşam ile ölüm arasında bir seçim olarak yaklaşıyor. bana yaşadığımız her günün bir mucize olduğunu, kırılgan yaşamlarımızda başımıza her an beklenmedik olaylar gelebileceğini bir kez daha hatırlattı. kitabın verdiği mesaj oldukça anlamlı ve güzeldi.

Parece-me que o autor Paulo Coelho tentou explicar aos leitores o que é a loucura levando-nos a concluir que todas as pessoas são loucas à sua maneira.
Depois desta leitura também eu devia passar uns dias no asilo.

“Durante toda a sua vida, Veronika percebera que um imenso número de pessoas que ela conhecia comentavam os horrores da vida alheia como se estivessem muito preocupadas em ajudar – mas, na verdade, se compraziam com o sofrimento dos outros, porque isso as fazia crer que eram felizes, a vida tinha sido generosa com elas."

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Fiction can be classified into two broad categories: (1) Escape literature - written purely for entertainment to help us pass the time agreeably and (2) Interpretative Literature - written to broaden and deepen and sharpen our awareness of life. Escape literature takes us away from the real world; it enables us temporarily to forget our troubles. Interpretative literature takes us, through the imagination, deeper into the real world: it enables us to understand our troubles. Escape literature has pleasure as its only object. Interpretative literature has as its object pleasure plus understanding.

(Source: Perrines Literature)

The reason why I thought I should quote this is to differentiate Haruki Murakami's Kafka on the Shore with this novel of Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die. Kafka is more of escape literature while Veronika is more of interpretative. I said more because at times the other type comes in but if you look at the totality, there is a dominate type.

This is my second book by Mr. Coelho and I thought I prefer this than his The Alchemist. For me this is more honest as it reflects life as it is. A couple of decades ago, when I was taking my second college degree at DLSU-CSB-CDD, our professor asked us: "Who among you have thought of committing suicide?". Almost everybody raised their hands except me and my friend. The class was composed mostly of young kids from rich families (I was an exception) and it never came into my mind how could these moneyed souls could have thought of taking their own lives.

Veronika, a 24-year old main protagonist of this novel, is exactly in the same league as that of my classmates. Yet, she tried killing herself so she had to stay in an asylum, Villete. Reason: boredom. There are other 3 main characters in the novel: Zedka, the diabetic woman who went crazy after she thought that she did not fight for her happiness as a mistress; Mari, the lady lawyer who did not go insane but chose to be live in the asylum to fix her marriage and Eduard, another rich kid - only child - who went crazy because of his parents' excessive love and attention.

If a novel is an interpretative literature, does it have to be boring? The answer is no. Veronika offer a roller coaster of emotions. I laughed out load twice: in that scene when Dr. Igor, the asylum head, talks to Veronika's mother. I almost got teary eyed in the scene when Veronika was supposed to die and she and Eduard went up to the castle. Very moving parts. Saw those in The Alchemist. I would say, very Coelho.

Is there a "pure entertainment" part? Yes, there is a sex part (I did not know that Coelho is also into sex): there is a part when Veronika masturbated in full abandon in front of Eduard. There is also this quote on page 143:

n  "It seemed that everyone, a least once in their life, wanted to take part in an orgy"n

And Mr. Coelho is not talking of only men but everyone.

ورونیکا تصمیم میگیرد بمیرد نوشته پائولو کوئیلو برزیلی شاهکاری از ادبیات امریکای جنوبی
داستان به شکلی فلسفی سعی در توصیف لحظه به لحظه نزدیک شدن به خودکشی و مرگ اقدام به آن و حالات شخص بعد از از انجام رفتار مادی خودکشی ( در رمان حاضر خوردن قرص ) تا مرگ است و بعد از آن روایتگر دنیای دیوانگان است خواندن این کتاب به انسان ها ارزش زیستن را یاداوری میکند
جلب توجه به دونکته را مفید میدانم اینکه به طور کلی ترجمه اثار کوییلو توسط ارش حجازی رو مطالعه بفرمایید این ترجمه ها به قدری قوی و تعجب برانگیز است گویی که رمان ایرانی است دوم انکه نیم ساعت قبل از مطالعه کتاب ۵۰الی۱۵۰ میلی گرم ترامادول مصرف کنید تا حال ورونیکا را لمس و نوازش کنید

I have picked up this book from this year's book fair. My eyes went on this book and I knew I had to buy this book. I have read Paulo Coelho's work before and I have loved it so I was eager to know what this book contains.

Veronika is a beautiful, attractive girl, has a basic job and a comfortable living. She finds no excitement in her life and so she finally decides to end it but her attempt was foul. And she ends up in a mental hospital where she finds out that she has limited days to live. But the things that happen in that mental hospital changes her life and she ends up wanting to live again. If you want to find out what happened in that hospital you have to read the book.

I loved the character of Veronika and I have also found similarities between her and myself. Her character is written beautifully along with the characters of Zedka who was in the hospital for her depression, Mari who was there for her anxiety attacks but her illness has been long cured but she still choose to be in the mental hospital, and finally Eduard the schizophrenic and also Veronika's lover. The storyline for these characters is spellbound.

Although this book does start negatively and you may feel depressed reading the first few pages but I want to tell you that hold on it does get better in the end. Also if you are someone who likes to read peculiar love stories than this book might be it but by saying this that if you think that this book is some romance novel than no but it does feature peculiar romance towards the end. I don't think this book is for everyone, you'll either love it or hate it, in my opinion, I loved this book and I might even read it again in the future.

Some of my favorite lines from the book are below.
I want to continue being mad, living my life the way I dream it, and not the way other people want it to be.
The "mad" always believe in first impressions
Although she had always felt loved and protected, there had been one missing element that would have transformed that love into a blessing, she should have allowed herself to be a little madder. ( Favorite of them all)

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যখন ডুবে গেলো পঞ্চমীর চাঁদ
মরিবার হলো তার সাধ!

নাহ, ভেরোনিকা যখন মরিতে চাহিলো তখন রজনী ছিলোনা।উজ্জল দিবালোকে তাহার মরিবার খায়েশ হইলো এবং সে ঘুমাবার বড়ি ডগডগ করে গিলিলো। কিন্তু বিধিবাম ভেরোনিকা মরিলো না।কারন মরিয়া গেলে এই উপন্যাসখানা লেখা হইতো না। সে মরিয়া বাঁচিবার পর একটি এসাইলামে নিজেরে আবিষ্কার করে। সেখানে সে জানিতে পারে যে, তাহার বাঁচিয়া উঠা খুব বেশি লাভজনক হই নাই। সাত আটদিন আয়ু আর বাকি আছে শুধু। এই সাত আটদিন তাহার জীবন,পরিবেশের অবস্থা,কয়েকজন চরিত্র ও তাদের নিজস্ব গল্প, আধ্যাত্মিক জীবনবোধ ইত্যাদির বিবরণ এই উপন্যাস খানা।

পাওলো কোয়েলহোর লেখা বেশ প্রাঞ্জল। গল্প কিছু থাকুক বা না থাকুক, বোধগম্য হোক বা না হোক পড়ে ফেলা যায়। আর উনার প্রতিটা বইয়ে চমৎকার কিছু উক্তি থাকে যা ফেসবুকে নানা ছবির ক্যাপশনের কাজ অনাসায়ে করে ফেলতে পারে।এই বই ও টিপিক্যাল কোয়েলহো বই।

এখন আসি অনুবাদে, আমি মামুন রশীদ নামক কোন বান্দার অনুবাদে পড়ছিলাম। হেতেরে পাইলে থাপড়াইতাম। শালা নিজের নামে বই ছাপাতে গেলে একটু আধটু মেহনত করতেই হয়।গুগল ট্রান্সলেটর মাইরা পুরা বই অনুবাদ করে নিজের নামে চালানোর মানে কি? গুগল ট্রান্সলেটর কর্তৃপক্ষের উচিত তাদের রয়ালিটি খেয়ে দেয়ার কারনে তার নামে মামলা করা। বইখানারে তিন তারা ই দিতাম, বোধহয় জঘন্য অনুবাদে পড়ার জন্য দুই তারা দিতে হচ্ছে।

فيرونيكا قررت الموت لأنها لم تستطع الاعتياد على حياه أشبة بجسد ميت .... سئمت حياة اعتيادية ... كل شىء تفعلة فيها كما ينبغى أن يكون وليس كما تريد هى أن يكون ... سئمت الروتينيه وتشابة الأيام بحيث لا تسطع التمييز بينهم

سخيف أن تعيش الحياه كلها كأنها يوم واحد .... ورائع أن تعيش كل يوم وكأنه اليوم الأخير

اشتاقت فيرونيكا لمغامرة حتى وان كانت مغامرة الموت فهى أفضل من حياة شبيهه بالموت .... فيرونيكا علمتنى قيمة الحياة ... قيمة أن تحيا كما تريد لا كما يراد لك .... قيمة أن تكون نفسك لا أحد بعيد عنك تمام البعد لإرضاء الاخرين .... وكما قيل من قبل " ماذا سأستفيد اذا كسبت العالم وخسرت نفسى "

تعلمت من فيرونيكا الكثييير وليس من فيرونيكا فحسب بل من مارى وادوارد فجميعهم عاشوا كما أراد لهم الاخرون ... وأهم ماتعلمتة أن الحياة تتطلب منا بعض الجنون حتى نستطيع أن نتذوق حلاوتها

وتعلمت أيضاً اهمية التصالح مع النفس والصدق معها .... وألا أجامل غيرى على حساب حياتى .... لأننى فى النهايه لن أستطع ارضاء كل البشر وكل مايحدث أننى سأخسر نفسى ...

تمسكت فيرونيكا بالحياة واكتشفت حلاوتها بعد ان كان الموت على وشك ان يخطفها ... ونجح ايجور فى نظريته نتشبث نحن بالحياة عندما نشعر أنها ستسلب منا ... قد نتركها بإرادتنا ... ولكننا نكره أن تؤخذ منا عنوة

أعجبتنى الرواية جداً وفلسفة الحياة التى تحتويها ... ولكن بالرواية اجزاء كبيرة نفرت منها حتى اننى كنت ع وشك ��دم اكمال الرواي�� ولكن اشتياقى لمعرفة النهاية جعلنى اكملها .... وبنهايتها قد نسيت السىء منها : )

شروعی طوفانی و پایان بندی قابل بحث!