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In this novel, Paulo Coelho walks on many literary levels, using a plethora of artful allegories and spiritual allusions. In masterful simplicity, the author maintains the level of suspense throughout the story, providing the reader with many roads of thought, options for choices and decisions until being confronted with the inevitable. For seven days, the inhabitants of small town in the Pyrenees face the choice between good and evil (echoes of Dürrenmatt's "Visit"), a choice offered to them by a visiting stranger, who out of despair follows his own and very personal quest. Allegorized as the demon, this stranger uses Chantal Prym, waitress in the town's only restaurant and hotel and longing to be able to leave town, to confront the villagers with the very tempting yet horrible choice they have: life or death, withstand temptation or yield to it, maintain an ethical high moral standard or succumb to a sinister crime for personal greed and gain. We all come to life's crossroads, we must all make decisions, some come easier and some are difficult, a balancing act between two poles.
This novel probes the choices and inspires the reader, young and old, to judge and reflect on his own decisions, past or future.
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The Devil and Miss Prym: A Novel of Temptation (P.S.) by Paulo Coelho
Ute, April 15, 2009
In this novel, Paulo Coelho walks on many literary levels, using a plethora of artful allegories and spiritual allusions. In masterful simplicity, the author maintains the level of suspense throughout the story, providing the reader with many roads of thought, options for choices and decisions until being confronted with the inevitable. For seven days, the inhabitants of small town in the Pyrenees face the choice between good and evil (echoes of Dürrenmatt's "Visit"), a choice offered to them by a visiting stranger, who out of despair follows his own and very personal quest. Allegorized as the demon, this stranger uses Chantal Prym, waitress in the town's only restaurant and hotel and longing to be able to leave town, to confront the villagers with the very tempting yet horrible choice they have: life or death, withstand temptation or yield to it, maintain an ethical high moral standard or succumb to a sinister crime for personal greed and gain. We all come to life's crossroads, we must all make decisions, some come easier and some are difficult, a balancing act between two poles.This novel probes the choices and inspires the reader, young and old, to judge and reflect on his own decisions, past or future.
(7 of 10 readers found this comment helpful)