Eleven
Minutes (Portuguese: Onze Minutos) is a 2003 novel by Brazilian novelist Paulo
Coelho based on the experiences of a young Brazilian prostitute called Maria,
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....". When a
chance meeting in Rio takes her to Geneva, she dreams of finding fame and
fortune yet ends up working as a prostitute.
As Maria
drifts further away from love, she develops a fascination with sex. But when
she meets a handsome young painter she finds she must choose between pursuing a
dark path of sexual pleasure for its own sake, or risking everything for the
possibility of sacred sex; sex in the context of love.
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