![]() While she endures one disappointment after another with the boys she meets, she eventually grasps the reality that true love and sexual enjoyment are two distinct states. She works for a time in a nightclub but soon becomes dissatisfied and after a heated discussion with her manager one night, she quits her job. Her first encounters with love had left her heartbroken, goes to seek her fortune in Switzerland. ![]() Her father was a travelling salesman, her mother a seamstress, and her hometown, in the interior of Brazil, had only one cinema, one nightclub and one bank, which was why Maria was always hoping that one day, without warning, her Prince Charming would arrive, sweep her off her feet and take her away with him so that they could conquer the world together. ![]() Like all prostitutes, she was born both innocent and a virgin, and, as an adolescent, she dreamed of meeting the man of her life (rich, handsome, intelligent), of getting married (in a wedding dress), having two children (who would grow up to be famous) and living in a lovely house (with a sea view). Once upon a time, there was a prostitute called Maria. ★★ The bestselling novel from international literary phenomenon Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist ★★Įleven Minutes 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. ![]()
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