Editing Veronika Decides to Die (section)

{{Short description|Novel by Paulo Coelho}}
{{About|the 1998 novel|the film based on the novel|Veronika Decides to Die (film)|the record album|Veronika Decides to Die (album)}}
{{Infobox book
| name          = Veronika Decides to Die
| title_orig    = Veronika Decide Morrer
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| image         = Veronika Decides to Die.jpg
| caption       = First edition cover
| author        = [[Paulo Coelho]]
| illustrator   =
| cover_artist  = [[Hieronymus Bosch]],<br>"[[Cutting the Stone]]", {{circa}} 1494
| country       = [[Brazil]]
| language      = [[Portuguese Language|Portuguese]]
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| genre         =
| publisher     =
| release_date  = 1998<ref>Richard Young, Odile Cisneros. {{cite book | title=Historical Dictionary of Latin American Literature and Theater | publisher=Scarecrow Press | year=2010 | isbn=978-0-8108-7498-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i0ZyleoLY5UC&pg=PA137 | page=137}}</ref>
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| media_type    = Print ([[Hardcover]], [[Paperback]])
| pages         = 210 pages (Paperback)
| isbn          = 0-06-095577-5
| oclc= 47204184
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{{more citations needed|date=October 2021}}
'''''Veronika Decides to Die''''' ({{langx|pt|Veronika Decide Morrer}})<ref>Michael Sollars, Arbolina Llamas Jennings. {{cite book | title=The Facts on File Companion to the World Novel: 1900 to the Present | publisher=Infobase Publishing | year=2008 | isbn=978-1-4381-0836-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SXkVKq86YIkC&pg=PA169 | page=169}}</ref> is a [[novel]] by [[Paulo Coelho]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Why writer Paulo Coelho, who turns 75, is a global guru | website=Hindustan Times | date=23 August 2022 | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/art-culture/why-writer-paulo-coelho-who-turns-75-is-a-global-guru-101661266209303.html |publisher=Deutsche Welle}}</ref> It tells the story of Veronika, a 24-year-old Slovenian who appears to have everything in life going for her, but who decides to kill herself. This book is partly based on Coelho's experience in various [[mental institution]]s (see the biography ''[[Confessions of a Pilgrim]]'' by Juan Arias), and deals with the subject of madness. The gist of the message is that "collective madness is called sanity".