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The Alchemist
The Pilgrimage
The Valkyries
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
The Fifth Mountain
The Devil and Miss Prym
Manual of the Warrior of Light
Eleven Minutes
The Zahir
Like the Flowing River
The Witch of Portobello
Brida
The Winner Stands Alone
Aleph
Manuscript Found in Accra
Behold I give unto you power to tread
on serpents…and nothing shall by
any means hurt you.
Luke 10:19
For S.T. de L, who began to help me without my realising it.
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On 11 November 1997, Veronika decided that the moment to kill herself had – at last! – arrived. She carefully cleaned the room that she rented in a convent, turned off the heating, brushed her teeth and lay down.
She picked up the four packs of sleeping pills from her bedside table. Instead of crushing
