
Before dedicating his life completely to literature, he worked as theatre director and actor, lyricist and journalist. The Brazilian author PAULO COELHO was born in 1947 in the city of Rio de Janeiro. This is a moving and uplifting song to life, one that reminds us that every moment in our lives is special and precious.

Soon she comes to realize that every second of existence is a choice we all make between living and dying. This story follows her through these intense days as she starts to question all her ideas about life. There she is told that although she is alive, her heart is now irreparably damaged and she has only a few days to live. Yet Veronika is not happy and one winter's morning she takes an overdose of sleeping pills, only to wake up some time later in the local hospital.

Veronika has everything she could wish for - young and pretty, with plenty of attractive boyfriends, a steady job, a loving family.
