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Eleven Minutes - Paulo Coelho
Meera S@meera73
Aug 25, 2008 10:46 AM, 9713 Views
Insightful, Hard-Hitting

This man misses nothing. Not even the oldest profession to bring out his philiosphy of living a meaningful life.


I read the book quite sometime back, but since I am in a mood to write reviews, have picked up this one.


Without for a minute letting down the dignity of the protagonist, the author takes the reader through the journey of the heroine’s quest for the ideal man. She is cheated, but does not lose heart. She becomes a prostitu*e by choice, and not for a minute does she wallow in self pity. To her, it is a job like any other with its ups and downs.


Debating the moral issus will only side-track us from what the author intends to say  - live your life, do not stop dreaming, and make the eleven minutes with your partner meaningful. He also contrasts the heroine’s intro to a meaningful relationship with another experience of masochism and how she is steadied and brought back to normalcy. The author knows how to keep his readers hooked.

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