The Devil and Miss Prym

This novel is an extraordinary story about the human soul and the need to make a moral choice. In a small mountain village, a stranger appears. In his suitcase there are eleven gold bars, and with their power he wants to test the people whom he believes are more inclined to evil than to good. The villagers will have to live through a week filled with dramatic events, face love, death, and power, and within each person a struggle between Light and Darkness will unfold.

The villagers are consumed by greed, cowardice, and fear. A man haunted by the ghosts of his painful past. A young woman searching for happiness.

During one intense, eventful week, questions of life, death, and power arise before each of them—and each must choose their own path. Will they choose good or evil?

In the novel “The Devil and Mademoiselle Prym,” Paulo Coelho reveals the drama of the battle between Light and Darkness within every soul, and how that battle is connected to our everyday efforts—to dare to follow our dream, to have the courage to be different, and to overcome the fear that prevents us from living truly.