ELEVEN

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Paulo Coelho

AUTHOR OF THE ALCHEMIST

巴西知名作家保羅．科爾賀探討性與愛的又一力作。喜愛牧羊少年奇幻之旅的讀者切勿錯過！

來自巴西鄉下的瑪麗亞，生平的戀愛初體驗帶給她難以平復的傷痛，讓尚處荳蔻年華的她相信，「愛很恐怖，它帶來的唯有苦難折磨」。隨後在里約的一場機遇，將瑪麗亞帶往日內瓦，夢想著能在那裏功成名就。然而事與願違，瑪麗亞最終淪為出賣皮肉的妓女。如今更加遠離愛的瑪麗亞，逐漸對性事入迷。只是她對愛情絕望的看法，不久即遭受考驗。與英俊畫家的這場巧遇，讓瑪麗亞不得不面對抉擇，是該踏上滿足私慾追尋性愛歡愉這條黑暗的道路，抑或不惜一切尋覓自己的「內在光明」，以及因愛而生之「神聖」性愛的可能性。

The bestselling novel from international literary phenomenon Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist.

A chance meeting in Rio takes Maria to Geneva, where she dreams of finding fame and fortune, yet ends up working the streets as a prostitute. In Geneva, Maria drifts further and further away from love while at the same time developing a fascination with sex.

Eventually, Maria's despairing view of love is put to the test when she meets a handsome young painter. In this odyssey of self-discovery, Maria has to choose between pursuing a path of darkness, sexual pleasure for its own sake, or risking everything to find her own 'inner light' and the possibility of sacred sex, sex in the context of love.

Paulo Coelho sensitively explores the nature of sex and love in his gripping and daring new novel.

保羅．科爾賀 Paulo Coelho

巴西知名作家保羅．科爾賀生於1947年8月24日西里約熱內盧，幼年就讀於耶穌會學校，青少年時期曾夢想成爲作家，後從父母之意就讀法律院校。科爾賀以《牧羊少年奇幻之旅》一書聞名於世，筆下知名作品另有《第五座山》《魔鬼與普里姆小姐》《愛的十一分鐘》《我坐在琵卓河畔，哭泣》《朝聖》《波特貝羅女巫》《女武神》《查希爾》《薇若妮卡想不開》等作品。

Paulo Coelho's life remains the primary source of inspiration for his books. He has flirted with death, escaped madness, dallied with drugs, withstood torture, experimented with magic and alchemy, studied philosophy and religion, read voraciously, lost and recovered his faith, and experienced the pain and pleasure of love. In searching for his own place in the world, he discovered answers for the challenges that everyone faces. He believes that, within ourselves, we have the necessary strength to find our own destiny.

His first novel, THE ALCHEMIST, has now sold more than 85 million copies and has been cited as an inspiration by people as diverse as Malala Yousafzai and Pharrell Williams.

Paulo Coelho's books have sold more than 225 million copies worldwide and he is the most translated living author. He has won 115 international prizes and awards and in 2007 was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace.

作者：保羅．科爾賀 Paulo Coelho

版本：UK Edition

規格：平裝／Paperback，11.2 x 17.8 x 2.3 cm，320頁

出版商：HarperCollins Publishers

商標：Thorsons

出版日期：2004年06月07日

語言：英文

ISBN-13：978-0-00-716605-3

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