by Paulo Coelho
“The book casts a curiously sweet spell.” – Entertainment Weekly 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. 320 pages Publisher : Harper Collins Date Published : October 13, 2009 16 other members have this in CatalogMurakamiCat owns this book arjaye owns this book Yogi owns this book joisimpala owns this book yna17 owns this book wrieza owns this book diaciel owns this book aZiRa has read this book laurainnedelrosario has read this book shutterbugtrisha has read this book dettenote has read this book koori-chan has read this book superjenny has read this book Sunako Lucky Chan has read this book Sai has read this book goshinmiko wants this book Talk about this |