Over the days that follow, Veronika's questions about whether she is truly insane are met with varying responses by several of the institution's nurses, by Zedka, a fellow patient whose soul travels outside her body in a process narration refers to as 'astral projection,' and by Mari, a member of a highly functional group of inmates known as The Fraternity. Locked in a ward with other 'insane' people, Veronika struggles to come to terms with both her failure and her impending success. She has damaged her heart to the point where it will be unable to sustain her life for much longer than five days. Igor that her attempt to kill herself, initially unsuccessful, will inevitably succeed. Veronika does not die, but comes to consciousness in the notorious lunatic asylum, Villete, where she is told by Dr. At first she finds the thought amusing, but then as the sleeping pills begin to take effect, she becomes less amused and more uneasy, finally reacting with fear to the idea that she is about to die. As she waits for the pills to take effect, Veronika reads an article from a magazine that triggers such a strong reaction in her that she decides to write a letter of protest to the magazine's editor, realizing as she does so that the letter will probably be taken as her suicide note. The narrative begins with Veronika's taking four packets of sleeping pills and with a description of her reasons for wanting to end her life and for choosing this particular method of doing so. In doing so, the narrative thematically explores the nature of insanity, the importance of living a genuine life, and the threats to individual identity imposed by closed communities and the rules under which they function. This book offers an archetypal story of hope, portraying a situation in which joy, freedom, integrity and truth all remain possible under the most challenging and limiting of circumstances. 'Veronika Decides to Die' tells the story of a young woman's transformation from despairing would-be suicide to affirmed and then affirming survivor.

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