Eleven Minutes is a wonderful novel which is written by the popular Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho. He has written about sex, love, pain, suffering, and pleasure through the story of a prostitute. In short, this novel is about the story of a Brazilian young girl, Maria.
Maria was the only daughter of her parents. Her family was a middle-class family. She wanted a charming boy who loves her very much and also wealthy to make a happy family in the future. She wanted to feel an eternal love. So, she was waiting for her dream boy.
After she passed her secondary school, she went to Rio de Janeiro, her dream city. Actually, she was interested in being an actress. So, she was searching for a job about modeling something like that. Since she was only one daughter of her parents they were expecting everything from her like a new beautiful house, a firm, etc. Maria was also responsible for that.
When she was in the pool, she met a man from Switzerland. He said that he will give a job with good money. Maria believed him and signed a contract paper. Then, she went to Switzerland with him.
When they reached Switzerland, they went to a hotel. Maria was thinking about the job but that man offered her to sleep a night with him in one thousand francs. She also thought that it is a big money. So, she became a prostitute first time with that man who had said that he will give a job.
She earned one thousand francs but she was completely alone there. She hadn’t gone anywhere from her place before she came to Rio de Janeiro. However, she was brave and diligent. She searched for a cheap hotel to live in. Again she got a job but in a nightclub. The night club’s name was Copacabana.
She worked there as a prostitute. She became the leader among the prostitutes. She was earning good money. She never thought that she would become a prostitute. That man had deceived her in the name of giving a job. However, she didn’t cry. She thought that she would do research and explore new things about sex. She also started to read many books about psychology, law, etc. Although she became a prostitute she was happy with her work and lifestyle.
One day, she met a painter in a coffee shop whose name was Ralf Hart. She knew that he is a popular painter in Switzerland and he married twice but divorced both. They became friends in some days. Then, they fell in love. However, Maria was trying to return to her country, Brazil. But every time many problems were stopping her.
Finally, she earned enough money to buy a beautiful house, a firm, and to buy a ticket. Although She was in a relationship with Ralf Hart she thought that heart-heart love is better than physical love. So, she planned to return her country without informing her boyfriend Ralf Hart. Finally, she returned to her country.
