Eleven Minutes

The bestselling novel from international literary phenomenon Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist.

A chance meeting in Rio takes Maria 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.

A daring modern fable about the nature of love and sex.

PRAISE FOR ELEVEN MINUTES"Has a strange and potent chemistry of its own." The Observer"Coelho has a deceptively simple but elegant writing style which sits well with this strange but gripping tale." Glasgow Evening Times"Refreshing and insightful...an uplifting read." What's On In London"A simply-told fable for our times, highlighting the quest for personal spiritual enlightenment." Belfast TelegraphAwarded 4 stars in New Woman magazine review

Paulo Coelho's books have won numerous awards and are permanent fixtures on bestseller lists in Brazil and around the world. Other books by Paulo Coelho include The Pilgrimage, The Valkyries, By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept., The Fifth Mountain and Veronika Decides to Die. He and his wife Christina live in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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