Eleven Minutes: From the Bestselling Author of The Alchemist

ISBN: 0060589280

Author: Paulo Coelho

Condition: New

One of Coelhos strongest.-Kirkus ReviewsThe book casts a curiously sweet spell.-Entertainment WeeklyFrom the author of beloved international bestseller The Alchemist, a daring novel that explores the sacred nature of sex and love and invites us to confront our own prejudices and demons.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, Marias 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.Sensual . . . [An] adults-only fairly tale.-Washington Post[This] Brazilian wizard makes books disappear from stores.-The New York Times

• Author: Paulo Coelho. | Publisher: HARPER COLLINS | Pages: 273 | Publication Date: 2014 | Edition: Reprint | Binding: Paperback | MSRP: 14.99 | ISBN13: 9780060589288 | ISBN: 0060589280 | Other ISBN: 9780061835575 | Other ISBN Binding: print | Language: en | Quality Rating: 1 | "Book cover image may be different than what appears on the actual book."