 | Category: | Books | | Genre: | Romance | | Author: | PAULO COELHO |
Eleven Minutes tells the story of Maria, a young girl from a Brazilian village, whose first innocent brushes with love leave her heart-broken. At a tender age, she becomes convinced that she will never find true love, instead believing that 'Love is a terrible thing that will make you suffer...' A chance meeting in Rio takes her to Geneva, where she dreams of finding fame and fortune yet ends up working the streets as a prostitute. In Geneva, Maria drifts further and further away from love while at the same time developing a fascination with sex. Eventually, Maria's despairing view of love is put to the test when she meets a handsome young painter. In this odyssey of self-discovery, Maria has to choose between pursuing a path of darkness, sexual pleasure for its own sake or risking everything to find her own 'inner light' and the possibility of sacred sex, sex in the context of love.
In this gripping and daring new novel, Paulo Coelho sensitively explores the spiritual nature of sex and love and invites us to confront our own prejudices, demons and embrace our own 'inner light'.
  | I dont know whether my reply will be screend or even read..still I want to write that 'Eleven Minutes' is a masterpiece that helps one discover the depth of 'sex' and 'love'. The two words are two worlds...I married young, have been married for 10 years now, I have met so many men and women in my life..each has left and had an impression of its own nature..I am at work right now but I am mesmerised by the book that I cannot concentrate....I have begun writing for myself lately..and I feel happy when I write..I wish I am able to meet Paulo one day.. |
 | we would all love to meet paulo one day, i also loved this book, it really make one understand the meanings of love, he really touched a subject that probably no author dared write about |
 | yeah, i really loved paulo coelho's message about love on this one |
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