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Once Minutos (Spanish Edition) [Paperback]

Paulo Coelho (Author)
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September 16, 2003

Una novela cautivadora y audaz del autor de El Alquimista, bestseller con m&aaucute;s de un millón de ejemplares vendidos. En este nuevo relato, el novelista explora con gran sensibilidad la naturaleza sagrada del sexo y del amor y nos invita a enfrentar nuestros propios prejuicios y demonios.

Once Minutos relata la historia de María, una joven proveniente de una villa brasileña, cuyos primeros roces inocentes con el amor le dejan con el corazón destrozado. A su tierna edad, se convence de que jamás hallará el amor verdadero; al contrario, considera que "El amor es algo horrible que produce sufrimiento." Un encuentro casual en Río la lleva a Ginebra, donde sueña con conseguir fama y fortuna. Sin embargo, termina trabajando de prostituta.

En Ginebra, la opinión desesperanzada que María tiene del amor, se pone a prueba al conocer a un apuesto joven pintor. En esta odisea de descubrimiento personal, María debe elegir entre recorrer el camino de la oscuridad, el del sexo por el sexo mismo, o arriesgarlo todo para descubrir su propia "luz interior" y las posibilidad del sexo sagrado, es decir, del sexo dentro del contexto del amor.


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“A rare combination of craftsmanship, imagination and inspiration.” (Fort Worth Star-Telegram )

About the Author

Paulo Coelho, born in Rio de Janeiro in 1947, is one of the bestselling and most influential authors in the world. The Alchemist, The Pilgrimage, The Valkyries, Brida, Veronika Decides to Die, Eleven Minutes, The Zahir, The Witch of Portobello, and The Winner Stands Alone, among others, have sold 115 million copies in more than 160 countries.


Paulo Coelho naciÓ en Brasil en 1947 y es uno de los autores con mÁs influencia de hoy dÍa. Conocido mundialmente por el bestseller internacional El Alquimista, Coelho ha vendido mÁs de 100 millones de libros en todo el mundo, los cuales han sido traducidos a 68 idiomas y publicados en 150 paÍses. Paulo Coelho escribe una columna semanal que se publica en los periÓdicos mÁs importantes del mundo.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Rayo (September 16, 2003)
  • Language: Spanish
  • ISBN-10: 958420646X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060591830
  • ASIN: 0060591838
  • Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,214 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The Brazilian author PAULO COELHO was born in 1947 in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Before dedicating his life completely to literature, he worked as theatre director and actor, lyricist and journalist.

In 1986, PAULO COELHO did the pilgrimage to Saint James of Compostella, an experience later to be documented in his book The Pilgrimage.

In the following year, COELHO published The Alchemist. Slow initial sales convinced his first publisher to drop the novel, but it went on to become one of the best selling Brazilian books of all time.

Other titles include Brida (1990), The Valkyries (1992), By the river Piedra I sat Down and Wept (1994), the collection of his best columns published in the Brazilian newspaper Folha de S'o Paulo entitle Maktub (1994), the compilation of texts Phrases (1995), The Fifth Mountain (1996), Manual of a Warrior of Light (1997), Veronika decides to die (1998), The Devil and Miss Prym (2000), the compilation of traditional tales in Stories for parents, children and grandchildren (2001), Eleven Minutes (2003), The Zahir (2005)

During the months of March, April, May and June 2006, Paulo Coelho traveled to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his pilgrimage to Saint James of Compostella in 1986. He also held surprise book signings - announced one day in advance - in some cities along the way, to have a chance to meet his readers. In ninety days of pilgrimage the author traveled around the globe and took the famous Transiberrian train that took him to Vladivostok. During this experience Paulo Coelho launched his blog Walking the Path - The Pilgrimage in order to share with his readers his impressions.

Since this first blog Paulo Coelho has expanded his presence in the internet with his daily blogs in Wordpress (http://paulocoelhoblog.com), Myspace (http://www.myspace.com/paulocoelho) & Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Paulo-Coelho/11777366210). He is equally present in media sharing sites such as Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=paulabraconnot) and Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulo_coelho/sets) , offering on a regular basis not only texts but also videos and pictures to his readers.

From this intensive interest and use of the Internet sprang his bold new project: The Experimental Witch http://paulocoelhoblog.com/experimental-witch where he invites his readers to adapt to the screen his book The Witch of Portobello. You can still subscribe in this experiment!

Indeed Paulo Coelho is a firm believer of Internet as a new media and is the first Best-selling author to actively support online free distribution http://piratecoelho.wordpress.com of his work.

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Erase una prostituta llamada María..., November 26, 2003
This review is from: Once Minutos (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)
Coelho es un autor que he tenido la fortuna de haber leido desde sus primeros libros, cuando escribia desde un mundo de sueños, casi "new age". Pero en sus más recientes tres libros (este incluído) su estilo se ha vuelto más realista... sin dejar de ser soñador y seguirnos invitando a soñar, su prosa ha dejado de ser menos acerca de relatos un tanto distantes con los cuales uno puede soñar, pero cuesta un tanto más relacionarse de forma personal, para pasar a escribir de forma más arraigada en la realidad, usando semejanzas con nuestra cotidianidad, que hacen de sus personajes un fiel reflejo de muchas de nuestras vivencias diarias.

"Once Minutos" sigue ese mismo patrón, ahondando en un tema (el amor) de la forma más cruda que podía hacerlo (quizás): a través de los ojos de una prostituta. No en vano, comenta en sus primeras líneas (casi a manera de excusa) que éste es un libro más fuerte, más realista... "Erase una prostituta llamada María..." es la frase que abre el libro, para chocar al lector casi, y entrar en pocas páginas en el mundo de una muchacha pueblerina que se niega a quedarse estancada en el mundo en miniatura que se desarrolla en su pequeño pueblo del interior de Brasil. Las vueltas del destino y las decepciones amorosas conducen sus pasos a la gran ciudad y en última instancia a Geneve (Suiza), donde le toca enfrentar durezas insospechadas que la fortalecen (sin endurecerla demasiado) a lo largo de un año que se da a sí misma para vivir lo que la vida le ha puesto delante.

La novela, como los libros de Coelho en general, lo deja a uno sediento de más Coelho cuando llega a su fin, y la producción del autor en sí parece ser como los buenos vinos: conforme pasa el tiempo, mejoran. Si bien no es el más apto para niños, sin duda colocaría a "Once Minutos" junto a "Verónica Decide Morir" entre sus dos mejores libros.

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A potential best seller!, January 31, 2004
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Paulo Coehlo has moved himself up to the forefront of Latin-American literature once again with this his most recent novel Once Minutos. I have not read much of his works but this novel caught my attention after reading the summary at the back of the book. I was immediately intrigued by the real life aspect of the themes and decided to purchase this potential bestseller. The book lived up to its expectations. It's full of intrigue and the life the protagonist María is an interesting one from start to finish. We meet her first in her homeland Brazil and then later she moves to Switzerland and becomes a prostitute with the hopes of turning her life around for the better with the money that she earns. We learn of the emotional roller coaster that Maria experiences from being with many men and indeed she does meet some out of the ordinary clients who my opinion in some way cause her internal conflicts but out from those experiences Maria learns interesting life lessons. I also think the title of the book is so appropriate which is explained about a quarter of the way through which is a reflection of creative thinking by Paulo Coehlo. In a nutshell, this is beautiful literature not so much for the writing style but because the themes allow one to relate closely to the protagonist. A truly emotional book as it allows the reader to feel so many emotions: sadness, pain, grief and hope. No question about it Once Minutos is a potential best-seller by far my favorite by this author.
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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Simplemente Excelente !!!!, October 4, 2003
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Uno de sus mejores libros sin duda alguna . Nos hace reflexionar sobre el poder que tenemos cada uno de nosotros sobre nuestros destinos .Te reconecta de un solo golpe con lo bello del acto amoroso gracias a una narrativa sensual , pura y hasta veces erotica . Lo lei en solo 4 horas , una vez que tomas el libro es dificil de soltarlo . Lo recomiendo ampliamente .
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