Review - 11 Minutes by Paulo Coelho

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                                           11 MINUTES


  • Novel - 11 Minutes
  • Author - Paulo Coelho
  • Published Year - 2003


11 MINUTES

11 minutes is a novel, published in 2003, by a well-known Brazilian novelist Paulo Coelho.
The novel 11 Minutes is quite convincing and interesting in a different kind of way. The book is all about exploring different phases in life. It is about exploring ones feeling and the way one looks certain things in life.
The main theme of the book was the search of the main character for the meaning of life.
It was the bestseller of that time. It flows very quickly. Not surprisingly that Coelho’s books are such bestseller. They tie you down like a soap-opera and leave you with a certain imprint of profoundness.

Storyline

‘Once upon a time there was a prostitute called Maria’-thus begins the novel 11 Minutes
This is the story of Maria a young, beautiful girl from an ordinary Brazilian village.
Her first encounter with love happened at a very small age and left her heartbroken, making her believe that love is such a terrible thing that can ever happened to someone and will always makes the individual suffer.
The author has created a strong, sensual young woman, who learns a bit about sex as a teenager and then at 19 making a bad or one can say an ill-advised decision leaving Rio de Janerio with a complete unknown Swedish guy in order to achieve more fame.
She went to Europe then and started working in a nightclub there. But in no time she became dissatisfied and left the job after a heated argument with the owner of the night club. After that she tried to pursue modelling but was didn’t succeeded , also she was running out of money, so her need for money raised and she ended up being a prostitute at rue de Berne at Geneva
She quickly become successful in her profession there and other girls and co-workers begins envy her. Soon her smooth life turned into a whole new phase when she met a painter and fall in love with him immediately. Then things started being complicated and complex, she had to split herself between love and her profession. Soon she decided to leave Geneva and went back to her home town with the memories of the painter guy.

Why one should read it

In 11 Minutes I really liked the main character, Maria.
She always strive to learn and understand circumstances, trying to make her life better through learning and experiencing different things. I admire this trait a lot.
All in all, it’s pretty good and I enjoyed reading it.it is probably the first book I read having a prostitute as a main character and moreover I haven’t read a book with such a detailed sexual intimacy stated so explicitly it also tells about sado-masochism very well.

Bonus details:

Eleven Minutes (Portuguese: Onze Minutos) is a 2003 novel by Brazilian novelist Paulo Coelho that recounts the experiences of a young Brazilian prostitute and her journey to self-realisation through sexual experience.

This is the Short Review of Novel "Eleven Minutes" by "Paulo Coelho".

Also Read : Review of The Fault in Our Stars by John Green.

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