Eleven Minutes -- Paulo Coelho, Paperback

"The book casts a curiously sweet spell." - Entertainment Weekly

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.

Author: Paulo Coelho
Publisher: HarperOne
Published: 08/03/2021
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.30w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780060589288

Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 04/01/2005 pg. 70