Maria is from a town in northern Brazil. Still a teenager, he travels to Rio de Janeiro, where he meets a business man who offers him a good job in Geneva. There, María dreams of finding fame and fortune but will end up practicing prostitution. The learning that she will extract from her harsh experiences will forever modify her attitude towards herself and towards life. Tragedy of Eleven Minutes is a novel that talks about love, that word so worn, whose essence is mistreated daily by human actions. It is a book that explores the nature of sex and love, the intense and difficult relationship between body and soul, and how to achieve the perfect union between the two.