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Eleven Minutes
by: Paulo Coelho

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 133
EAN: 9780007166046
ISBN: 0007166044
Label: Thorsons
Manufacturer: Thorsons
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: June 07, 2004
Publisher: Thorsons
Studio: Thorsons
Sales Rank: 1141

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:
Paulo Coelho's astonishingly beautiful writing in Eleven Minutes virtually guarantees it the cult status that The Alchemist already enjoys. But what is the Paulo Coelho phenomenon? How can an author who (only a short time ago) was virtually unknown to most readers have taken the world of books by storm--and without the benefit of glitzy advertising? The answer is simple: quality. Such books as The Fifth Mountain andThe Devil and Miss Prym are enough to explain a considerable following for the author, with their atmospheric prose and involving characters.

Eleven Minutes tells the story of young Maria living an innocent life in a Brazilian village and is played out in a measured fashion, but with all the author's brilliant scene-setting (very lush here) fully in place. But then Maria experiences love and suffers great pain. From this point, Coelho has us inexorably in his grip. Maria's disillusionment with love leads her to Geneva where she finally ends up selling her body (Coelho may offer us the beauty of life, but never at the expense of its harshness). Maria's approach to sex is complex--this is no mere revulsion arising from what she is now doing with her life. And then she meets a seductive young painter, who may or may not offer her a new path in life. But does she prefer to continue on the dark sexual odyssey she has embarked on, at the expense of real love?

There are echoes of DH Lawrence in Coelho's exploration of the sacred and spiritual aspects of sex and it's a brave author who tackles a subject that can so easily slip into strained seriousness. That never happens here, and Maria's journey is one that the reader willingly undertakes; the lesson she learns are lessons for the reader. --Barry Forshaw

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Worth reading

This is my second reading for Paulo Coelho, Such amazing wonderful reading that I was enjoying each minute of it. I liked this as much as I liked The Alchemist.

The concept of the story ( despite the job of the main character as a hooker ) it gives alot of moral and themes for personal life.

This man has a lovely style of writing that capture you with him till the end, especially with this novel from a woman side

Overall, it is a worth reading for those who would like to understand the male and female for different sides.

Rating:

- Another 'follow your dreams' novel
Having sworn never again to read any more Paulo Coelho, my book group chose Eleven Minutes as this months read. This is now my 4th book by the author and I am no more a fan than after the first. I find his patronising style simplistic and child-like and he repeats 'key' statements ad nauseum throughout his books. While they are often quick reads - this one took less than 24hrs - I still end up wondering why I bothered.

Maria, a naive young Brazilian girl, decides to take a week's vacation in Rio de Janiero. There she meets a talent scout on the look out for dancers to perform in Geneva. Maria decides to take a chance but finds that things are not quite as she'd been led to believe. When she gets sacked for missing a day's work, ... Read More:

Rating:

- Wonderful!
Having loved Veronika decides to Die I had bought Eleven minutes and The Alchemist but unfortunately had never got around to reading them, until yesterday when recovering from a nasty flu&feeling slightly bored I decided to read Eleven minutes. That was it the minutes flew and before I knew it it was six thirty the next morning and I'd finished it. I could not put it down, another amazing book from an amazing writer. I love the fact that Coehlo can address the most nitty gritty of subjects with a tangible realism. Although his subject was sex it never felt like he was going too far he seemed to strike a perfect chord, even when re-telling the most degrading of Maria's sexual journeys. The honesty in which this book is written is beautiful ... Read More:

Rating:

- a very poor book
He is really is hyped. But this book shows him up to be qute a tedious writer. Repetition, lack of characterisation, little plot. All makes this book very slow and tedious. Possibly the problem lies with him having too much creative control now. NOT RECOMMENDED

Rating:

- Shallow love offering from Paul Coelho
I bought this book as I loved 'The Alchemist' and was eager to hear what
Paul Coelho had to say about love.
If you're after a 'nice' but tame novel on the depths of love then this would be decent, enjoyable holiday reading.
However, if you're looking to continue to build on the depths of Alchemist, then I would suggest you check out Erich Fromm's 'The Art of Loving'.
The fact that I bought this book from a '£1 for any book' store, probably
tells its own story.

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