The Devil and Miss Prym : A Novel of Temptation by Paulo Coelho (2021, Trade...

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Type
Novel
ISBN
9780060528003
Book Title
Devil and Miss Prym : a Novel of Temptation
Publisher
HarperCollins
Item Length
8 in
Publication Year
2021
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.6 in
Author
Paulo Coelho
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Magical Realism, Visionary & Metaphysical, Literary
Item Weight
6.5 Oz
Item Width
5.3 in
Number of Pages
240 Pages
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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060528001
ISBN-13
9780060528003
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57076789

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Book Title
Devil and Miss Prym : a Novel of Temptation
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2021
Topic
Magical Realism, Visionary & Metaphysical, Literary
Genre
Fiction
Author
Paulo Coelho
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
6.5 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in

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Only someone Jesuit-trained could bring to Scripture the kind of coolly passionate imagination on display in Coelho's latest novel., 'A fascinating meditation on the human soul, The Devil and Miss Prym illuminates the reality of good and evil within, and the difficulties of choosing between them.' (Dublin Magazine)
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
869.3/42
Synopsis
From bestselling author and international sensation Paulo Coelho, a novel set in a small village about a young, poor barmaid whose wager with the devil leads to a spiritual transformation. 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, 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., 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., " The Devil and Miss Prym is a simple tale, with the meaning of life and spiritual guidance at its core." -- The Guardian A community divided by greed, cowardice, and fear. A man haunted by the ghost of a painful past. A young woman in search of happiness. Seven days, a short period during which good and evil will wage a decisive battle, and each character will decide on which of the two sides they belong. The small village of Viscos is the setting for this disturbing fight. With the arrival of a foreigner, the entire town becomes an accomplice in a perverse plot that will forever mark the history of its inhabitants. The foreigner has traveled from far away and needs to find the answer to a question that torments him: Are human beings, in essence, good or evil? At once an evocative novel and a suspenseful page-turner, The Devil and Miss Prym captures one moment in our eternal struggle for self-knowledge, asking a question that all of us have stopped to reflect on at some point: What is the essence of the human being?, The remote village of Viscos is the setting for an extraordinary struggle between good an evil. . . . A man persecuted by the ghosts of his painful past. A young woman searching for happiness. A community devoured by greed, cowardice, and fear. In one eventful week, they will face questions of life, death, and power, and will choose a path offered by a stranger searching to uncover the true nature of human beings. In welcoming the mysterious foreigner, the whole village becomes an accomplice to his sophisticated plot, which will forever mark their lives., Coelho's parable of good versus evil relates the story of a stranger who enters a remote village and proposes a wager to the town: if someone turns up murdered within a week, he'll give the town enough gold to make everyone wealthy., 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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    Cunning plot development with captivating characters, Paulo Coelho never fails to both entertain and instruct.

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