Eleven Minutes, Paulo Coelho
Eleven Minutes, Paulo Coelho
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Eleven Minutes

Author: Paulo Coelho, Margaret Jull Costa

Narrator: Derek Jacobi, Emilia Fox

Abridged: 6 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 01/05/2009


Synopsis

The bestselling novel from international literary phenomenon Paulo Coelho, author of . ‘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 was 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 minds or even souls – to a place where sex itself is sacred? A daring modern fable about the nature of love and sex.

About Paulo Coelho

One of the most influential writers of our time, Paulo Coelho is the author of thirty international bestsellers, including The Alchemist, Warrior of the Light, Brida, Veronika Decides to Die, and Eleven Minutes. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters and a United Nations Messenger of Peace. Paulo is the recipient of 115 international prizes and awards, among them, the Chevalier de l'Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur (Legion of Honor). Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1947, he soon discovered his vocation for writing. He worked as a director, theater actor, songwriter, and journalist. In 1986, a special meeting led him to make the pilgrimage to Saint James Compostela (in Spain). The Road to Santiago was not only a common pilgrimage but a turning point in his existence. A year later, he wrote The Pilgrimage, an autobiographical novel that is considered the beginning of his literary career. He lives in Geneva, Switzerland.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Pakinam on November 21, 2024

" الحياة هي أن تخاطر بروحك،أن تقع وتنهض،هي أن تريد صعود قِمة نفسك،وأن تكون غير راضٍ وقلقاً عندما لا تتمكن من ذلك.." وتأتي الحكمة أحياناً من أفواه العاهرات! إيه ده؟إني قلتِ عاهرات،مكتوبة صح يعني؟آه صح وصح جداً كمان :) كان يا مكان كان في بنوتة حلوة إسمها ماريا..حياتها عادية..شبهنا كلنا في حاجات كتير..وفي......more

Goodreads review by Baba on January 29, 2023

Brazilian Maria intended to work in Switzerland as a club dancer but got herself caught up in the sex industry when she rationalised about the potential earnings. Maria reckons that '11 minutes' is the average length of time for conventional penetrative paid-for sex. Coelho paints a very whitewashed......more

Goodreads review by Felicia on April 02, 2007

I didn't find this nearly as good as The Alchemist. I do not know if Coelho was trying to really get in the mindset of a woman by over-analyzing sex, but I felt a real woman would be less philosophical and more emotional about her experiences. It seemed to me that she was detached from herself and n......more