Eleven Minutes. (Taschenbuch) von Paulo Coelho   Rezensionen: Paulo Coelho's astonishingly beautiful writing inEleven Minutesvirtually guarantees it the cult status thatThe Alchemistalready enjoys. But what is the Paulo Coelho phenomenon? How can an author who (only a short time ago) was virtually unknown to most readers have taken the world of books by storm--and without the benefit of glitzy advertising? The answer is simple: quality. Such books asThe Fifth MountainandThe Devil and Miss Prymare enough to explain a considerable following for the author, with their atmospheric prose and involving characters. Eleven Minutestells the story of young Maria living an innocent life in a Brazilian village and is played out in a measured fashion, but with all the author's brilliant scene-setting (very lush here) fully in place. But then Maria experiences love and suffers great pain. From this point, Coelho has us inexorably in his grip. Maria's disillusionment with love leads her to Geneva where she finally ends up selling her body (Coelho may offer us the beauty of life, but never at the expense of its harshness). Maria's approach to sex is complex--this is no mere revulsion arising from what she is now doing with her life. And then she meets a seductive young painter, who may or may not offer her a new path in life. But does she prefer to continue on the dark sexual odyssey she has embarked on, at the expense of real love? There are echoes of DH Lawrence in Coelho's exploration of the sacred and spiritual aspects of sex and it's a brave author who tackles a subject that can so easily slip into strained seriousness. That never happens here, and Maria's journey is one that the reader willingly undertakes; the lesson she learns are lessons for the reader. --Barry Forshaw-- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe:Gebundene Ausgabe © 1998-2001 Amazon.com, Inc. und Tochtergesellschaften Alle Rezensionen ansehen...   Angebote zu  Eleven ,  Minutes ,  Taschenbuch  ab 1 Euro! Siehe auch folgende Artikel: Veronika Decides to Die von Paulo Coelho The Zahir. A Novel of Love, Longing and Obsession von Paulo Coelho The Alchemist. A Fable About Following Your Dream von Paulo Coelho By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept. von Paulo Coelho Mehr zu  Coelho, Paulo,  New Age Home ...,    Angebote ansehen ...,    Begleitseite ... Herausgeber dieser Seite ist DomainLoc.com GmbH - Partner von Amazon.de Copyright © DomainLoc.com GmbH (Impressum)