"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. Additional Details this time by the 24-year-old protagonist who BOOK TYPE : FI BRAND : Coelho, Paulo/ Costa, Margaret Jull (TRN) DEWEY CLASSIFICATION : 813 LANGUAGE : ENGLISH NUMBER OF PAGES : 210 PUBLISH DATE : 2006/06/01 PUBLISHER IMPRINT CODE : PEREL PUBLISHER NAME : HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHER STATUS CODE : OS RETURNS ACCEPTED? : YES
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