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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.

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Eleven Minutes is 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.

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.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperOne; Reprint edition (August 3, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 273 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0060589280
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0060589288
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Paulo Coelho is the author of "The Alchemist", he was born in 1947 in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Being the author of 30 books that have sold over 320 million copies in 170 countries, he has become one of the most widely read authors in the world today. Paulo Coelho has been a United Nations Messenger of Peace since 2007 and this has allowed him to continue to promote intercultural dialogue and to focus on the needs of children. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters and the recipient of over 115 awards and honours, including the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the Grinzane Cavour Book Award and the Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur, to name a few.

Other titles include “The Pilgrimage”, “Brida”, "The Supreme Gift", “The Valkyries”, “By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept”, “Maktub”, “The Fifth Mountain”, “Manual of the Warrior of Light”, “Veronika Decides to Die”, “The Devil and Miss Prym”, “Stories for Parents, Children and Grandchildren”, “Eleven Minutes”, “The Zahir”, “Like the Flowing River”, “The Witch of Portobello”, “The Winner Stands Alone”, “Aleph”, “Manuscript Found in Accra”, “Adultery”, “The Spy”, “Hippie”. Also “Journey” guided journal.

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Joslyn Walker
5.0 out of 5 stars a surprisingly good read
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2022
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When I purchased this book it was by chance and knowing that I really enjoyed reading the alchemist, so I was certain I would possibly enjoy this- without realizing the content.
I’m glad that I read through the whole book and would highly recommend it, as Coelho gives a completely different approach to a forbidden topic.
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Ed Barton
4.0 out of 5 stars Powerful Story Powerful Message
Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2010
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Exceptionally powerful story - well told. Coelho explores the elements of physical, emotional and sacred sensuality - pain and pleasure, love and lust, joy and despair. In exploring herself, starting as a teen and up through her 23rd year, the protagonist, Maria, gains, loses and regains the ability to love both emotionally and physically. The gains and losees, pains and experiences are those of every person, just with greater emphasis and intensity in the story. She meets the librarian, the professional, those that truly feel, those that act, and those for whom the act itself has little depth or meaning. The vulnerability of all people is exposed, and the psychology of physical intimacy takes on new meaning as Maria plays each part as part of her profession.

The book isn't fully uplifting, and the end is as predictable as Coelho indicates it will be. Nevertheless, the discussion of the sacred and secular elements of love, lust and the physical nature of relationships really resonate as profound. Coelho probably spends a bit too much time on the anatomy, but it doesn't detract from the power of the message.
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Lyann
5.0 out of 5 stars Favorite Author
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2024
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Love this book and the meaning
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Patrick Wolfe
5.0 out of 5 stars Many insightful views by protagonist of story.we
Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2022
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Well written and concise story on a young woman exploring the world outside of her small town in Brazil.
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HolJo
3.0 out of 5 stars Mixed Feelings
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2011
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There were things I both liked and disliked about this story. I liked Maria. I enjoy reading about strong female characters, and I thought she was indeed strong. She made a terrible mistake early on, but she refused to accept the results of this one choice as her fate. She set a goal of getting out of her fallen lifestyle and she never gave up. I also liked Ralf when he was introduced. Ralf was a complex character who was heavily laden with emotional and sexual baggage, but he was searching for some sort of salvation from himself even though he may not have realized it until he found it.

The story itself was hit-and-miss for me. I enjoyed reading about Maria's personal journey, but I didn't really understand how the S&M sexual experience was so profound to her life. I believe the point was that she is meant to find love within the context of a sexual relationship, or perhaps that she was meant to experience sex without the absense of love. So why did this require S&M exactly? It felt like it was there for token shock value to the reader, but frankly, it wasn't that shocking. Most romance novels are more graphic than this without including bondage or domination. It was more of a distraction to me than a contribution to the storyline.

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I liked the part at the end when Maria leaves Ralf's house and hopes that he will stop her from leaving. She hopes he'll stop her at the airport and then she hopes he'll stop her on the plane. It doesn't happen, but she keeps hoping for that perfect movie ending to her story. She reflects about how life doesn't turn out like the movies, and how one never really knows if the characters live happily ever after when the movie ends. This was such a simple concept, but it felt very real for me because I think that everyone hopes at one point or another that we'll get to experience our own version of a perfect movie ending sometime in our life. She wanted and hoped for that moment even as she told herself that life wasn't really like that. This felt very genuine and real.

So was it real then that she got her movie ending after all? I don't think so. It wasn't even her own moment...when Ralf finally shows up, he quotes a line from Casablanca. Her perfect movie ending was a copy of a moment experienced between two fictional characters in a movie, it wasn't really hers at all. At the very least, it should have been something more original.

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Overall this was only ok for me. There was nothing really in the book that would make we want to either encourage or discourage a perspective reader. It was neither special or horrible, it was just right in the middle.
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sharibaby
5.0 out of 5 stars A Gift
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2013
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I love this book so much that I've literally given it to all of my friends.

Sure, at first glance, it's a book about sex, but once you dig a bit deeper you'll find a book about the complexities of love. From love of self to romantic love.

Coelho bravely attempts to tackle questions such as: what is love? how do I love? how do I receive love? how do I not confuse sex with love? how do I use sex to show love? Each answer left me pondering my own ability to love.

I found this book moving and filled with moments that required a highlighter and some prayer. At it's conclusion, I found that it really changed my young views on love for the better.

I dare you to give it a try.
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Dave_42
4.0 out of 5 stars Hard to put down.
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2004
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"Eleven Minutes" is the first book I have read by Paulo Coelho. Although there were some things about it which I felt detracted from the overall experience, I ended up reading it in one day, which is about as high praise as you can give a book. This is a story which has been done before, where a young woman (Maria) leaves her home to seek fame and fortune and ends up on the streets. What this book does very well, is show the difference between sex and love, and the writing makes one want to follow the story all the way to the end.
There are some flaws though, some of which may be due to the translation. For one thing, the absence of drugs seems to be unrealistic, but perhaps that was the correct decision, because in this story sex is the drug that is being used. Another oddity that distracted me was how the narrative shifted from Maria's point-of-view to another character's for brief periods. Overall, these problems are small though, and this book is very interesting to read.
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Lisa A
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice read
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2022
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I read this book maybe 15 years ago for the first time, and this time I understood it differently😂 Easy read , why not
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Meño Spyke
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice story.
Reviewed in Mexico on July 13, 2022
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I really like this story. I used this novel like a tool on my way to learn english.
Easy language, nice story, recommended.
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Zara
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read
Reviewed in Canada on July 9, 2021
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Every man and woman should read this to get a glimpse into the human mind. It's not just the idea of sex... It's freedom.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I will be reading this bookIn the near future.
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shelley
5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliantly written story of love by one of the best authors around.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 16, 2024
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I loved the way in which Maria chose to follow through with her decisions, didn’t let any man do anything she didn’t want to do. She was mistress of her own mind and body.
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Joselito
5.0 out of 5 stars Cool!
Reviewed in Spain on April 7, 2019
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