The devil and Miss Prym /
Coelho, Paulo.
The devil and Miss Prym / Paulo Coelho ; translated by Amanda Hopkinson and Nick Caistor. - London : HarperCollins, 2003. - x, 201 p. ; 19 cm.
Originally published: 2001.
A stranger arrives at the remote village of Viscos, 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. A novel of temptation by the internationally bestselling author Paulo Coelho, The Devil and Miss Prym is a thought- provoking parable of a community devoured by greed, cowardice, and fear'as it struggles with the choice between good and evil.
Translated from the Portuguese.
9780007132867
Good and evil -- Fiction--------
The devil and Miss Prym / Paulo Coelho ; translated by Amanda Hopkinson and Nick Caistor. - London : HarperCollins, 2003. - x, 201 p. ; 19 cm.
Originally published: 2001.
A stranger arrives at the remote village of Viscos, 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. A novel of temptation by the internationally bestselling author Paulo Coelho, The Devil and Miss Prym is a thought- provoking parable of a community devoured by greed, cowardice, and fear'as it struggles with the choice between good and evil.
Translated from the Portuguese.
9780007132867
Good and evil -- Fiction--------