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 will face questions of life, death, and power, and each will choose a path. Will they choose good or evil? </p>

In the remote village of Viscos -- a village too small to be on any map, a place where time seems to stand still -- 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. </p>

Paulo Coelho's stunning novel explores the timeless struggle between good and evil, and brings to our everyday dilemmas fresh perspective: incentive to master the fear that prevents us from following our dreams, from being different, from truly living. </p>

The Devil and Miss Prym is a story charged with emotion, in which the integrity of being human meets a terrifying test. </p>

保罗·柯艾略（Paulo Coelho）

著名作家，1947出生于巴西里约热内卢。

代表作《牧羊少年奇幻之旅》被翻译成69种语言，创下“出版语种最多”的吉尼斯世界纪录。18部作品陆续被翻译成73种语言，在168个国家和地区出版发行，总计销量已超过1.35亿册。他以博大宽宏的心胸、清澈如水的文字，将哲学沉思、宗教奇迹、童话寓言熔为一炉，抒写了无数感动世界的篇章，在世间挥洒智慧、理想和爱的光芒。由于其作品的巨大影响，2007年，保罗被联合国任命为和平大使。

《魔鬼与普里姆小姐》同《维罗妮卡决定去死》、《我坐在彼得拉河畔，哭泣》并称“七日三部曲”。作品将人性放置在巨大的诱惑面前，令潜藏于心底的善与恶各为天使与魔鬼一战，最终寻找震撼人心的答案……