The devil and Miss Prym

Paperback. Pub Date :2002-06-05 Pages: 224 Language: English Publisher:. HarperCollins UK A new novel from Paulo Coelho. author of The Alchemist.A stranger arrives in the small mountain village He carries with him a backpack containing a notebook and eleven gold bars.Burying these in the vicinity. the stranger strikes up a curious friendship with a young woman from the village - Miss Prym His mission is to discover whether human beings are essentially good or evil.In this stunning new novel. Paulo. Coelhos unusual protagonist sets the town a moral challenge from which they may never recover. A fascinating meditation on the human soul. The Devil and Miss Prym illuminates the reality of good and evil within us all. and our uniquely human capacity to choose between them.