a novel of redemption Coelho, Paulo creator text xx New York HarperCollins Publishers c1998, 2006 2006 1st Harper Perennial edition monographic und

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210 pages: 22 cm. "Another of Coelho`s spiritual journeys, this time by the 24-year-old protagonist who, after a failed suicide attempt, rediscovers in an insane asylum in Slovenia the preciousness and precariousness of life. Costa`s translation is competent, but cannot save Coelho`s novel from its by now familiar and conventionally inspirational tone and message"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.|uhttp://www.loc.gov/hlas. Paulo Coelho ; translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa. eng|hpor Young women Suicidal behavior Fiction Mental illnesss Fiction Psychological fiction 869.342 C67ve 2006 9780061124266(pbk) 251212 20260803094232.0