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| Original Title: | O Demônio e a Srta. Prym |
| ISBN: | 0060527994 (ISBN13: 9780060527990) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | On the Seventh Day #3 |
| Characters: | Berta, Chantal Prym |
| Setting: | Viscos(France) |
Paulo Coelho
Hardcover | Pages: 205 pages Rating: 3.61 | 58222 Users | 2913 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Devil and Miss Prym (On the Seventh Day #3) |
| Author | : | Paulo Coelho |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 205 pages |
| Published | : | July 3rd 2006 by HarperOne (first published 2000) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Philosophy. Novels. Contemporary. Spirituality. Literature. Fantasy |
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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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Ratings: 3.61 From 58222 Users | 2913 ReviewsAssess Epithetical Books The Devil and Miss Prym (On the Seventh Day #3)
I didn't like the works of Paulo Coelho. I only read the Alchemist a very long time ago and even though I can't recall the details, I think it was overrated. I don't understand the hype, maybe I am simple-minded after all. It is not like I hated it but I couldn't find it interesting either, nor grasp the lessons which are supposed to be embedded between the lines.Wait, I am still talking about the Alchemist. let's push that aside, and shed some light on this book: The Devil and Miss Prym. ForReading this novel was like reading an allegorical tale. The moralistic element of the novel is quite very obvious because I guess that is exactly the purpose of this novel. Though the story makes use of familiar symbolical meanings and archetypes, the story as well as the characters are fully developed.
I never know just what to think when reading Paulo Coelho. In a way, his books remind me of Aesop's Fables just expanded. This book is actually more enjoyable when compared to his more popular book, The Alchemist. The characters are fun and quirky, the subject matter is grittier, and you get a greater sense of the culture.Thinking of the culture, it reminds me of One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez. I liked the book. It has many "truths" in it, but I didn't love it.
Not as great as The Alchemist, a bit naive plot with religious overtones. It is a sentimental novel that tries to explore the notion of good and evil. Not very deep. It is a fast read, and the language is simple and without over exaggeration.
52. O Demônio e a Srta. Prym = The Devil And Miss Prym, Paulo CoelhoThe Devil and Miss Prym is a novel by Paulo Coelho, first published in Brazil in 2000. For almost fifteen years, old Berta had spent every day sitting outside, watching over the little village of Viscos and talking with her deceased husband. She is waiting for the devil to come, as her husband predicted. One day a stranger with a tragic past arrives with the intention of staying one week in the village and he buries 11 bars of
I choose this book as my prize for completing SLC summer reading program, and now I'm so glad not just to have read the book but to also own it. This novel tells the story of a stranger who comes to a small mountain town offering a fortune in gold to the community if anyone is killed within the coming week. The man's real goal is to see if there is any good--or just evil--in the world, to see if life and suffering have meaning and significance.The temptations and choices are painted vividly in
The story's Devil is an embittered stranger whose wife and daughters were previously kidnapped and killed. Now he is committed to discovering whether all men and women's souls are evil. To do that, he (along with his Devil) enter the formerly Celtic community of Viscos, France, a village of 281 inhabitants."...some remote place, where everyone looked on life with joy, peace and compassion, and I would see if I could make the people there break a few of the Ten Commandments."It's rocky past had
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