Eleven Minutes
Paulo Coelho
Harper Collins, 2003
Rs 472

Maria, a young girl from a Brazilian village, is left heart-broken after her first innocent brushes with love. She becomes convinced she will never find true love, that "Love is a terrible thing that will make you suffer."

Coelho's gripping and daring new work explores the sacred nature of sex and love, inviting us to confront our own prejudices.

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