"One of Coelho's strongest." -- Kirkus Reviews

"The book casts a curiously sweet spell." -- Entertainment Weekly

From 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, 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.

"Sensual... [An] adults-only fairly tale." -- Washington Post

"[This] Brazilian wizard makes books disappear from stores." -- The New York Times

• We started tracking this book on March 8, 2011.
• This book was $9.99 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 214 times in the past 5,109 days.
• The current price of this book is $2.99 last checked one day ago.
• This lowest price this book has been offered at in the past year is $1.99.
• The lowest price to date was $0.99 last reached on May 1, 2012.
• This book has been $0.99 one time since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was $13.99 last reached on October 8, 2024.
• This book has been $13.99 3 times since we started tracking it.

• Religion & SpiritualityChristian Books & BiblesChristian LivingFaith

• Text-to-Speech: Disabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 273 Pages
• File Size: 33 KB