The Devil and Miss Prym
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...
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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.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060528003 (0060528001)
ASIN: 60528001
Publish date: April 10th 2007
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pages no: 205
Edition language: English
This small book packs a lot behind it. This book is a psychological study of good vs evil, of life in a small dying town, and a thriller to boot. Chantal Prym is on of the youngest people left in the town of Viscos. Her friends and peers have all left, her close relatives all deceased. She feels t...
Pierwsze spotkanie z panem Coelho nie dało mi szansy na znalezienie jakichś pozytywów do opisania. Książka przypomina trochę sytuację, gdy do studia telewizyjnego trafia znany aktor na rozmowę o dylematach moralnych. Mówi pięknie. Aż chce się go słuchać. Z trudem prowadzący odważa się przerywać mu...
I was hesitant to start this because so many people have found his book, The Alchemist to be life-changing, and I thought it was a beautifully written metaphor, but never quite understood all of the hoopla. I thought The Devil and Miss Prym was an intriguing story. A man walks into a remote villag...
A nice story on how decisions can affect not one but many lives.
Przeczytałem już kilka książek Paulo Coelho i przy wielu z nich byłem ucieszony tym, co przeczytałem, ale nie tym razem... Póki co jest to najsłabsza książka tego autora... Główną bohaterką jest Chantal Prym, ostatnia z młodych osób, która pozostała w małej miejscowości Viscos, gdzie się wychowała i...