ELEVEN MINUTES’ IS THE MASTERPIECE OF BRAZILIAN BESTSELLING AUTHOR PAULO COELHO. THIS NOVEL IS BASED ON A FICTIONAL ACCOUNT OF A WOMAN NAMED MARIA WHO LIVES IN RIO, BUT MOVES TO GENEVA. SHE IS POOR AND HAS TO DO MENIAL JOBS TO SURVIVE IN GENEVA. FATE LED HER TO BE A PROSTITUTE. SHE HAS ACCEPTED HER LIFE IN THIS WAY AND KEEPS ON GOING WITH IT DISPLAYING GREAT STRENGTH. IT IS DURING ONE OF HER WALKS DOWN A STREET THAT SHE FEELS A SEXUAL AWAKENING INSIDE HER. THE QUEST FOR PHYSICAL PLEASURE LEADS HER INTO SOME INTERESTING SITUATIONS, WHERE SHE TRIES TO FIND HER OWN BODY AND DESIRES. WHILE SHE IS LIVING A LIFE OF A PROSTITUTE, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HERSELF SEXUALLY,