Veronika Decides to Die

Author : Paulo Coelho

Veronika Decides to Die (Portuguese: Veronika decide morrer) is a novel by Paulo Coelho. It tells the story of 24 year old Veronika, 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 institutions (see the biography Confessions of A Pilgrim by Juan Arias). It is based around the subject of madness. The gist of the message is that "collective madness is called sanity".

Veronika Decides to Die has been adapted for theatre a number of times, and was also used in other artistic references.

 A movie based on this book Veronika Decides to Die is being directed by Emily Young and starring Sarah Michelle Gellar,^[3] Jonathan Tucker,^[4] Melissa Leo, David Thewlis and Erika Christensen.