01072nam a2200133   4500020002000000100001900020245009500039260003600134300002400170500003200194520063700226546003600863650003900899  a9780007132867c1 aCoelho, Paulo.14aThe devil and Miss Prym /cPaulo Coelho ; translated by Amanda Hopkinson and Nick Caistor.  aLondon :bHarperCollins,c2003.  ax, 201 p. ;c19 cm.  aOriginally published: 2001.  aA 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.   aTranslated from the Portuguese.  aGood and evil -- Fictionvxyz2