Eleven Minutes — - Paulo Coelho-s Novel

Published in 2003, Eleven Minutes tells the story of Maria, a young Brazilian girl from a remote village who, after a series of disappointing romances, decides that love is a lie. She believes that pain is reliable; pleasure is not. So, she makes a logical, heartbreaking decision: she will separate her body from her soul. She becomes a sex worker in Geneva, Switzerland.

Coelho is asking a dangerous question: Can you be truly free if you have exiled your heart from your own skin? ELEVEN MINUTES - Paulo Coelho-s Novel

This is where Coelho flips the script entirely. Published in 2003, Eleven Minutes tells the story

She becomes an expert in the mechanics of pleasure. She reads books on tantra and kama sutra. She knows every nerve ending, every technique. And yet, she is dying inside. She becomes a sex worker in Geneva, Switzerland