210 pages
English language
Published Nov. 7, 1999 by HarperCollins Publishers.
"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.
I decided to read this because of the Billy Talent song Saint Veronika being based on it. That song pulled me through some tough times and so did this book. I found some parts to be a little awkward or overly religious but it definitely helped me.
