Love can be the greatest pleasure or the deepest wound.
Maria leaves her small Brazilian village chasing the dream of a better life. A chance encounter takes her to Geneva, where the promise of fame fades into the shadow of loneliness and survival. Working as a prostitute, she learns to separate body from heart, desire from love.
But when a young painter sees the light within her, Maria is forced to confront the fears that have shaped her life. Between pain and passion, she must decide whether love is a dangerous illusion or a sacred truth worth risking everything for.
From the author of The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho’s Eleven Minutes is a daring, sensual journey into the soul’s hunger for connection and meaning.
