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. This novel by Paulo Coelho depicts one woman s struggle between good and evil, light and darkness a conflict faced by each person at least once in a lifetime.The community in which Chantal Prym, a young barmaid, lives is devoured by greed, cowardice and fear. While she searches for happiness, a man who lives side by side with her is tormented by the ghosts of his painful past. In one eventful week, each will face questions of life, death and power, and choose his and her 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 novel Paulo Coelho explores the timeless struggle between good and evil and its relevance to our everyday dilemmas: 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.