Eleven Minutes

By: Paulo Coelho, Margaret Jull Costa - translator

Narrated by: Derek Jacobi, Emilia Fox

The 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.

©2004 Paulo Coelho; (P)2004 HarperCollins Publishers

so true

love is the answer to all questions
Excellent narrations. Enjoyed every line especially love making description.

Adult Fairytale with Class

The taboo on sexuality by Victorian & bible views should be terminated in eleven minutes.

Simple story with deep meaning

I really liked the ending and how the story was evolving. The simplicity is great but it’s also very deep.

uh?

I loved the book, the choice of words, the narrator, the diaries, the unfolding of events, the flipping of destinies. what a book!

I was frozen still!

I had no idea that I would go on a journey like this one. Wow! Some experiences are so profound that even an attempt to describe it immediately fails. I have been nourished!