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'Love is a terrible thing that will make you suffer ...' So says Maria, a young Brazilian girl convinced from an early age that she will never find true love. A chance meeting in Rio takes her to Geneva, but the glittering life she hoped for is a fantasy. The reality - selling herself to survive - is a dehumanising grind that pushes her further away from real love, towards a fascination with pure physical pleasure. But when her emotional barriers are tested by a handsome young painter, she must choose between the dark path she is on and risking everything to find her 'inner light'. Can she move beyond the meeting of bodies to a meeting of minds or even souls - to a place where sex itself is sacred? This daring novel sees Paulo Coelho, the author of The Alchemist, at his very best - challenging our prejudices, opening our minds and keeping us utterly enthralled.
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Eleven minutes, Paulo Coelho
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- Released
- 2009
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- Title
- Eleven minutes
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Paulo Coelho
- Publisher
- Harper
- Released
- 2009
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 291
- ISBN10
- 0007835434
- ISBN13
- 9780007835430
- Series
- Collection
- Klub mladých čtenářů
- First published
- 2003
- Original title
- Onze Minutos
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
- Description
- 'Love is a terrible thing that will make you suffer ...' So says Maria, a young Brazilian girl convinced from an early age that she will never find true love. A chance meeting in Rio takes her to Geneva, but the glittering life she hoped for is a fantasy. The reality - selling herself to survive - is a dehumanising grind that pushes her further away from real love, towards a fascination with pure physical pleasure. But when her emotional barriers are tested by a handsome young painter, she must choose between the dark path she is on and risking everything to find her 'inner light'. Can she move beyond the meeting of bodies to a meeting of minds or even souls - to a place where sex itself is sacred? This daring novel sees Paulo Coelho, the author of The Alchemist, at his very best - challenging our prejudices, opening our minds and keeping us utterly enthralled.