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The Devil and Miss Prym : a novel of temptation / Paulo Coelho ; translated by Amanda Hopkinson and Nick Caistor.

Coelho, Paulo. (Author).

Summary:

"A community devoured by greed, cowardice, and fear. A man persecuted by the ghosts of his painful past. A young woman searching for happiness. In one eventful week, each will face questions of life, death, and power, and each will choose a path. Will they choose good or evil? In the remote village of Viscos -- a village too small to be on any map, a place where time seems to stand still -- a stranger arrives, carrying with him a backpack containing a notebook and eleven gold bars. He comes searching for the answer to a question that torments him: Are human beings, in essence, good or evil? In welcoming the mysterious foreigner, the whole village becomes an accomplice to his sophisticated plot, which will forever mark their lives."--Inside jacket.

Record details

  • ISBN: 97800605279910 (hardcover
  • ISBN: 0060527994 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: xii, 205 pages ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: First United States edition.
  • Publisher: New York : HarperCollins, 2006.

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General Note:
First published in English in 2001.

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Subject: Good and evil > Fiction.
Temptation > Fiction.
Integrity > Fiction.
Corruption > Fiction.
Avarice > Fiction.
Conduct of life > Fiction.
Fear > Fiction.
Motivation (Psychology) > Fiction.
Villages > Fiction.
Genre: Psychological fiction.

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  • Baker & Taylor
    A mysterious stranger carrying a backpack containing a notebook and eleven gold bars arrives in the remote mountain village of Viscos, searching for the answer to a question that torments him: are human beings, in essence, good or evil?
  • Baker & Taylor
    A mysterious stranger carrying a backpack containing a notebook and eleven gold bars arrives in the remote mountain village of Viscos, searching for the answer to a question that torments him: are human beings, in essence, good or evil? 100,000 first printing.
  • HARPERCOLL

    “The Devil and Miss Prym is a simple tale, with the meaning of life and spiritual guidance at its core.”

    -- The Guardian

    A community divided by greed, cowardice, and fear. A man haunted by the ghost of a painful past. A young woman in search of happiness. Seven days, a short period during which good and evil will wage a decisive battle, and each character will decide on which of the two sides they belong. The small village of Viscos is the setting for this disturbing fight. With the arrival of a foreigner, the entire town becomes an accomplice in a perverse plot that will forever mark the history of its inhabitants.

    The foreigner has traveled from far away and needs to find the answer to a question that torments him: Are human beings, in essence, good or evil? At once an evocative novel and a suspenseful page-turner, The Devil and Miss Prym captures one moment in our eternal struggle for self-knowledge, asking a question that all of us have stopped to reflect on at some point: What is the essence of the human being? 

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