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 evilIn 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 livesPaulo Coelhos stunning novel explores the timeless struggle between good and evil and brings to our everyday dilemmas fresh perspective incentive to master the fear that prevents us from following our dreams from being different from truly livingThe Devil and Miss Prym is a story charged with emotion in which the integrity of being human meets a terrifying test.
