The Devil
and Miss Prym (Portuguese: O Demônio e a srta Prym) is a novel by the Brazilian
novelist Paulo Coelho.
For almost
fifteen years, old Berta had spent everyday sitting outside, watching over the
little village Viscos, talking with her deceased husband. She is waiting for
the devil to come, as her husband predicted. One day a stranger appears with
the intention of staying one week in the village.
In the woods
he buries 11 bars of gold. On the way back he meets Chantal Prym, a young and
beautiful barmaid, who is bored of the idyllic scenery and slow pace of life.
Regularly she seduces tourists in the hope that one of them will prove to be
her escape route. The stranger shows her the buried treasure and promises that
it will belong to the villagers if they agree to kill someone.
There is a
ferocious battle within the young woman; a battle between her angel and her
devil. She sees in the gold the ticket to finally escape. Still, something
holds her back.
After some
days, she decides to tell what the stranger has proposed, trusting that they
will refuse. The people's reaction, however, plants the seed of doubt inside of
Chantal. Now she fears for her own life. As an act of desperation, she plans to
abandon Viscos with one of the stranger's bars. Destiny sends a rogue wolf,
which threatens Chantal's life. The stranger arrives, and both escape.
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