The new bestselling novel,now in paperback,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.
A daring modern fable about the nature of love and sex.
Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersISBN: 9780007166046Number of pages: 320Weight: 160 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 20 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Has a strange and potent chemistry of its own.'- The Observer
'Coelho has a deceptively simple but elegant writing style which sits well with this strange but gripping tale.'- Glasgow Evening Times
'Refreshing and insightful...an uplifting read.'- What's On In London
'A simply-told fable for our times,highlighting the quest for personal spiritual enlightenment.'- Belfast Telegraph
Paulo Coelho
A phenomenally successful Brazilian writer of spiritually inflected novels,Paulo Coelho is the author of The Alchemist,the most translated book in the world by a living author.
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