Eleven Minutes
By Paulo Coelho
- Release Date: 2009-10-13
- Genre: Historical Fiction
Description
“One of Coelho’s strongest.”—Kirkus Reviews
“The book casts a curiously sweet spell.”—Entertainment Weekly
From the author of beloved international bestseller The Alchemist, a daring novel that explores the sacred nature of sex and love and invites us to confront our own prejudices and demons.
Eleven Minutes tells the story of Maria, a young girl from a Brazilian village whose first innocent brushes with love leave her heartbroken. 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 as a prostitute.
In Geneva, 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 must 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 true love.
“Sensual . . . [An] adults-only fairly tale.”—Washington Post
“[This] Brazilian wizard makes books disappear from stores.”—The New York Times
Reviews
Paulo never fail to amaze me
5By NiliArnstrongLoved the story and every metaphor used to help individuals leg go and attract what we want in life. Such a powerful and positive perspective on life in such negative environment. Only Paulo can do that.I have no words
5By Jassie.<3I have no words to describe how good this book is. You will have to read it for yourself 😉Great Book!
5By Ailurophile11I personally loved it, i read some other reviews saying at 22 how could she understand what love was and did what she did. But again, wouldn’t be surprised that for people that take longer to mature and expect everyone to be the same as them. They have a little knowledge of other places around the world and that everything’s different than our own place. Age does not equal maturity. Fairytale? No, that’s life outside our normal life environment. This is a great story, and so far one of the nicest books I’ve read.A must read.
5By SenafeseattleI loved it.Coelho is a genius
5By Serene-serenitySo hard to put it down. This book is the realization that although things are not perfect is never too late to go on and do what your hearts tells you to do. This is book is real. This book is magic. Thank you, Coelho.Eleven minutes
5By DereckCamachoBrutally honest dive into the world of temptation and the battle of separation of body and soul, sex and love, touch and intimacy that will educate all.Not what I expected
2By ApcquijoteFairy tale situations. No girl at twenty two can understand love, behave as she did and capture the admiration from this man. Paulo, is begining to do so at his age...Fantastic
5By Lotuslover8118I love this book. Paulo is brilliant. A must read. It's such a wonderful story.Great story
5By DgitauThis was one of my favourite book by paulo.My favorite by Paulo C.
5By Diana HernandezI first heard of Paulo in high school when we were reading 'the Alchemist'. I enjoyed it and wanted to explore more books by him. I bought 'Brida' but after the first chapter I pretty knew what was going to happen so fail. Then on iTunes I bought 'By the River I Sat Down & Wept' never finished it because I got hooked on to 'Eleven Minutes'. It's so live I feel like I'm right there with Maria. Truly an amazing book. Thank you Paulo :)Captivating and Well Written
5By SamRazzleberryMy first Paulo Coehlo book. Now I'm hooked.Hwaila
5By iFaisallahBasically one of the nicest books. For Paulo Coelho and in general. It's the first book I bought in the iTunes Store. It was purchased on my iPhone. Felt the urge to buy an iPad back then. That was like a year ago. Now I finally got an iPad. Worth a read on it again and to take notes is the best. Going back to the book itself. Personally I thought it was the best girly book so far. Yet it speaks to every man as well. Haven't met anyone saying otherwise.Awesome
5By VeromjpPaolo just get Neyer and better, love the story!Amazing!
5By Dreamy_CidI loved this book. I recommend it to Anybody that likes a great read, you wont regret it. Paulo really did an amazing job.So deep!
5By Genn_4This book was one of the best books I've read in my life so far. It is so deep & so realistic. Maria is such an interesting character. She is so unique. Loved this book ❤Eleven minutes
5By Myty&CoNot many books can I fully read because my interest ends up being short lived. This is definitely not one. I read this book in 2 days and it has made me think and rethink about relationships, decisions, and the paths I've chosen and how because of those decisions my path today is where it is. What a strong book.Came into my life at the right moment.
5By MakeupMaven24I had purchased this book a while back & never go tot reading it, until 2 weeks ago. The story is one of heartache, confusion, adventure, revelation & the power of love. Nothing was wrong with this book due to its captivating style of writing l, not to mention the vivid pictures you imagine whilst reading it. Youd be surprised as to what & how Cohelo analyzes the nature of sex in the most rawest yet simplest form. Take your time to read this because it WILL have you saying "WOW" 🙌Wonderful
5By maria mercedes cruzMy first book in English. I love Cohelo's StoriesAmazing!
5By lmoreno827This book is intense, amazing, spectacular; it drives you to read page after page, non-stop, and keeps you wanting more and more.
