Coelho, Paulo. <br/><br/>
The devil and Miss Prym / 
Paulo Coelho ; translated by Amanda Hopkinson and Nick Caistor. 
 - London :  HarperCollins,  2003. 
 - x, 201 p. ;  19 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published: 2001. 
<br/><br/> 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.  
<br/><br/><br/>Translated from the Portuguese. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780007132867   
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Good and evil -- Fiction--------