Litterature Generale: Onze Minutes (Paperback)

from jbennett

I'm glad I didn't read the other reviews before reading this as I enjoyed this book. The story of Maria's escape from poverty and the chances that take her to Geneva seem to me very typical. Unlike many girls in her situation, however, she manages to take control of the situation and this is refr...

from cotto

I know Paulo Coelho has written oodles of books but somehow I've gotten away with not reading any of them until now. I don't know anything about his other books, but based on the Dedication in the begininning, I'm guessing that Eleven Minutes is a bit of a departure from his other works. Correct ...

from sarafwilliams

I think I've just found my first book from Paulo Coelho which was a dissapointment. As a huge fan, I was expecting a wonderful story like The Alchemist, which kept me hooked the whole time.Unfortunately, it's not the lack of interesting characters. Maria, a brazilian woman in Géneve had a lot of ...

from kwskultety

It started off pretty good, but then dragged on...rather disappointing, actually. Maria was really not a character I could sympathize with.

from pyariladki

This is my first Paulo Coelho book that I have read. My mother-in-law, who speaks little English, brought it home for me from the school library. I must say I was startled at how frank Coelho spoke about sex and in such detail. The book was definitely R rated if not on the verge of X rated. I per...