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A rare combination of craftsmanship, imagination and inspiration.
The new bestselling novel from international literary phenomenon Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist.`Love is a terrible thing that will make you suffer¿¿So says Maria, a young Brazilian girl convinced from an early age that she will never find true love. A chance meeting in Rio takes her to Geneva, but the glittering life she hoped for was a fantasy. The reality ¿ selling herself to survive ¿ is a dehumanising grind that pushes her further away from real love, towards a fascination with pure physical pleasure.But when her emotional barriers are tested by a handsome young painter, she must choose between the dark path she is on and risking everything to find her `inner light¿. Can she move beyond the meeting of minds or even souls ¿ to a place where sex itself is sacred?A daring modern fable about the nature of love and sex.
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Eleven Minutes (Abridged)
The new bestselling novel from international literary phenomenon Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist.`Love is a terrible thing that will make you suffer¿¿So says Maria, a young Brazilian girl convinced from an early age that she will never find true love. A chance meeting in Rio takes her to Geneva, but the glittering life she hoped for was a fantasy. The reality ¿ selling herself to survive ¿ is a dehumanising grind that pushes her further away from real love, towards a fascination with pure physical pleasure.But when her emotional barriers are tested by a handsome young painter, she must choose between the dark path she is on and risking everything to find her `inner light¿. Can she move beyond the meeting of minds or even souls ¿ to a place where sex itself is sacred?A daring modern fable about the nature of love and sex.
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| BN ID: | 2940170183876 |
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| Publisher: | HarperCollins UK |
| Publication date: | 01/05/2009 |
| Edition description: | Abridged |
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