Become
Maria''s shadow, follow her quietly as she matures from an innocent adolescent to a beautiful
young woman as you flip through the pages of
''Eleven Minutes'' ..a daring novel by
Paulo Coelho on the
sacredness of sex ..
Dreamy Maria leaves her Brazillian village and goes to Geneva in
search of the love of her life and a prosperous future..but circumstances make her a
commercial sex worker..The harshness of raw reality strips her of her faith in love ,and her capacity to find love. Meanwhile she develops a fascination with sex..she learns more about the nuances of sex and sadomasochism..
Chances place her in close proximity to the man of her dreams and desire..a painter who sees her ''inner light''..She falls in love ,but her skepticism in love wages a batlle against her feelings for him..
An extract from Maria''sdiary
''our bodies learn to speak the language of the soul ,known as sex,and that is what i can give to the man who gave me back my soul...''
The novel is an eye opener on a woman''s first orgasm, her sexuality ,a man''s search for a companion and beyond this the sacredness of sex in itself.