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Once Minutos - Paulo Coelho
Once Minutos
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Una novela cautivadora y audaz del autor de El Alquimista, bestseller con m&aaucute;s de un millÓn de ejemplares vendidos. En este nuevo relato, el novelista explora con gran sensibilidad la naturaleza sagrada del sexo y del amor y nos invita a enfrentar nuestros propios prejuicios y demonios.... show more
Una novela cautivadora y audaz del autor de El Alquimista, bestseller con m&aaucute;s de un millÓn de ejemplares vendidos. En este nuevo relato, el novelista explora con gran sensibilidad la naturaleza sagrada del sexo y del amor y nos invita a enfrentar nuestros propios prejuicios y demonios. Once Minutos relata la historia de MarÍa, una joven proveniente de una villa brasileÑa, cuyos primeros roces inocentes con el amor le dejan con el corazÓn destrozado. A su tierna edad, se convence de que jamÁs hallarÁ el amor verdadero; al contrario, considera que "El amor es algo horrible que produce sufrimiento." Un encuentro casual en RÍo la lleva a Ginebra, donde sueÑa con conseguir fama y fortuna. Sin embargo, termina trabajando de prostituta. En Ginebra, la opiniÓn desesperanzada que MarÍa tiene del amor, se pone a prueba al conocer a un apuesto joven pintor. En esta odisea de descubrimiento personal, MarÍa debe elegir entre recorrer el camino de la oscuridad, el del sexo por el sexo mismo, o arriesgarlo todo para descubrir su propia "luz interior" y las posibilidad del sexo sagrado, es decir, del sexo dentro del contexto del amor.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9789685957823 (9685957827)
Publisher: Grijalbo Mondadori Sa
Edition language: Spanish
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Self-development journey
Self-development journey rated it
5.0 11 minutes of our unconsciousness
Lets talk about sex, said Paulo Coelho and bravely dug into the subject in his simple, beautiful, and unassuming way. None tell us why 11 minutes is so important when we are kids. Why we can not move this short period of unconsciousness into a beautiful bliss of 30 min, 1 hour, 2 hours love making. ...
Prerazmišljavanje
Prerazmišljavanje rated it
Coelho somehow always manages to write a book about a man disguised as a book about a woman. This one is a very good exception, but still not a very good book. Literary speaking, of course. I will not allow myself to discuss the spiritual component, though, because I understand its importance but ...
Paperback Castles
Paperback Castles rated it
4.0
In many ways this was a peculiar little book to read. The whole idea of telling a story of a prostitute as a cinderella-inspired fairy tale seemed contradicting, absurd and even morbid at times. But it worked. And as always I was completely captivated by Coelho's writing style.This book can be seen ...
esterb
esterb rated it
2.0 Eleven Minutes
The difference between a soap and a good movie is exactly the difference between this and a good book. A good book, just like a movie, creates a world, an atmosphere, where a little detail, like a smile of a particular character, says more than the actually words, because you know and understand the...
Life of a bookworm
Life of a bookworm rated it
4.0 Eleven Minutes
Not the ending I hoped for but still a good book.
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