Eleven Minutes written by Paulo Coelho
Eleven Minutes is the story of Maria, a young girl from a Brazilian village, whose first innocent brushes with love leave her heartbroken. At a tender age, she becomes convinced that she will never find true love, instead believing that “love is a terrible thing that will make you suffer. . . .” A chance meeting in Rio takes her to Geneva, where she dreams of finding fame and fortune. 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.
Eleven Minutes. The world revolved around something that only took eleven minutes.
In Eleven Minutes, a new international bestseller by the author of The Alchemist, PAULO COELHO tells the story of Maria. Well known the Brazilian author, who was born in 1947 in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Before dedicating his life completely to literature, he worked as theater director and actor, lyricist and journalist.
Finally, I was Inspired to create a story BABETA. Babeta is a Swiss word, meaning a foreign women who is the main character of the story which I wrote. Story BABETA has been posted in Nepali section.
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Babeta is an interesting name. Thanks for the visit.
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Thank you Mary Ann for the visit and sucha encouraging words. I actually don’t know Swiss language but I found this word ‘Babeta’ interesting to characterise foreign woman. Is that real meaning of Babeta ?
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It has no special meaning that I am aware of but sounds like a variance of a word for grandmother or Babi. The letter A at the end is a feminine ending. Switzerland had 3-4 official languages: German, French, Italian and an old Latin dialect. Swiss German is different from German spoken in Germany but can still be understood by native Germans. You can play around with the name and have many other meanings to. Happy writing to you. 🙂
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Thank you for such a brilliant informations. Just would like to let you know that when I finished reading ‘Eleven Minute’of Paulo Coelho and I came across Maria and her ambition and innocences. Having huge sympathy and empathy, I have created a plot for the different story around Switzerland, a Swiss girl, a clever foreign student and the university and gave a name of BABETA for the story. I really found interesting 🙂 I love Switzerland but never been.
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Switzerland is a beautiful country with breathtaking views. 🙂
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That’s true. 🙂
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^__^
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