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Eleven minutes, Paulo Coelho ; translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa

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Eleven minutes, Paulo Coelho ; translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa

Language

eng

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fiction

Main title

Eleven minutes

Responsibility statement

Paulo Coelho ; translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa

Summary

Eleven Minutes tells the story of Maria. 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. Instead, she ends up working as a prostitute. Maria drifts further and further away from love as she develops a fascination with sex. Eventually, Maria's despairing view of love is put to the test when she meets a handsome young painter. She 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

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