This book could be a good read for those who enjoy philosophical reflections on the human condition. Through a thought-provoking storyline, Coelho explores the complexities of morality and the human capacity to choose between good and evil. The unique protagonist, acting as the devil, challenges the small mountain village to confront their deepest fears and desires. Overall, the book offers a fascinating meditation on the human soul and the power of individual choice.

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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 of them will face questions of life, death and power, and each of them will have to choose their own path. Will they choose good or evil?The remote village of Viscos is the setting for this extraordinary struggle. 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 lives.In this stunning new novel, Paulo Coelho dramatises the struggle within every soul between light and darkness, and its relevance to our everyday struggles: to dare to follow our dreams, to have the courage to be different and to master the fear that prevents us from truly living. The Devil and Miss Prym is a story charged with emotion, in which the integrity of being human meets a terrifying test.~from the back cover

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