SEARCH OF IDENTITY AND SELF-DISCOVERY IN THE NOVEL OF PAULO COELHO ‘ELEVEN MINUTE’
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This story is about the struggle, psyche and complexities of a prostitution called Maria. This brilliant story reveals the nature of men and women in various aspects of their lives-work, marriage and even the four walls of bedroom. This book is not for the faint hearted or those who consider sex as a taboo subject to be written about explicitly in details and most importantly with respect. Love is written about in a beautiful way which will touch our heart and make you identify with it. Sex is treated as more than just a carnal instinct. The story flows beautifully from one incident to the other, from one city to the other and makes one imagine along with it. It is informative, shocking and remarkably emotional at times. Coelho focuses on the various prejudices associated with love making in both the genders. It deals with the lives of a prostitute-their agonies, frustration, quest for love and more. This book with almost honesty reveal about the ‘invention’ of clitoris as well as the history of prostitution. Coelho uses simple and direct prose to wield a very sensitive subject, converting it into a gripping drama on the quest for true love. Maria can be the representative of womankind in general. She plays the role of a child, teacher, partner and mother. She loves freedom and adventure at the same time shy of telling her love: philosophical and flexible in her thought and action. The struggle of life of an underprivileged woman is brilliantly shown and also the difference between love and lust. The book very pleasantly traces the entire female sexuality and encourage woman to take pleasure in sexual life. Paulo Coelho once again demonstrated that he is the master of contemporary fiction with this book.
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