Reviews for El demonio y la senorita Prym (The Devil and Miss Prym)

The average rating for El demonio y la senorita Prym (The Devil and Miss Prym) based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-07-03 00:00:00 Eric Jackson (52 From 1001 books) - O Demônio e a Srta. Prym = The Devil And Miss Prym, Paulo Coelho The Devil and Miss Prym is a novel by Paulo Coelho, first published in Brazil in 2000. For almost fifteen years, old Berta had spent every day sitting outside, watching over the little village of Viscos and talking with her deceased husband. She is waiting for the devil to come, as her husband predicted. One day a stranger with a tragic past arrives with the intention of staying one week in the village and he buries 11 bars of gold in the woods. On the way back he meets the young barmaid Chantal Prym, 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. A battle follows within the young woman follows between her angel and her devil. After some days, she decides to tell the villagers what the stranger has proposed, trusting that they will refuse. The people's reaction, however, plants the seed of doubt inside 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, but she escapes with the stranger. Meanwhile the villagers assemble to choose their victim. The scapegoat they choose is Berta, since she is already old and serves no purpose in the village. Before the villagers shoot a sedated Berta, Chantal convinces them that under no circumstances is murder justified. Spoiler Alert In the end the stranger receives the answers to his questions through a brief conversation between St. Savin and the Arab Leader Abah. تاریخ نخستین خوانش: سال 2003میلادی عنوان: شیطان و دوشیزه پریم؛ نویسنده: پائولو کوئیلو؛ برگردان آرش حجازی؛ تهران، کاروان، 1381، در 233ص؛ شابک 9647033109؛ چاپ هفتم 1383؛ موضوع داستانهای نویسندگان برزیلی - سده 21م یک غریبه به روستای دور افتاده «ویسکوز» می‌رسد، همراهش کوله پشتی حاوی یک دفتر ضخیم، و یازده شمش طلا است؛ او به دنبال پاسخ به یک پرسش است که او را آزار می‌دهد: «آیا انسانها، در اصل، خوب یا بد هستند؟»؛ در دنیا دو مقوله ی «خیر» و «شر» وجود دارند، که همیشه در تضاد با هم هستند؛ در این کتاب، به همین دو مقوله پرداخته شده، که یک‌سوی آن خدای یگانه، و سوی دیگر شیطان؛ قرار دارد نقل از یادداشت نویسنده: نخستین «اسطوره ی شکاف»، در «ایران باستان» زاده شد: ایزد زمان «زروان» - پس از خلق گیتی، هماهنگی گرداگردش را دریافت، اما کمبود بسیار مهمی را احساس کرد - یک همراه، تا در این زیبایی با او سهیم شود؛ یکهزار سال برای آوردن پسری نیایش کرد؛ ...؛ اسطوره میگوید، از نیایش آغازین خدای زمان، نیکی (هورمزد) پدید آمد، و از پشیمانی اش، بدی (اهریمن) جفت همزاد «هورمزد» شد؛ پایان نقل از یادداشت نویسنده تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 03/08/1399هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی

Review # 2 was written on 2008-12-10 00:00:00 Robert Gilchrist This is one of those books where "this book was about ___," is not nearly as important as "this book made me think about ___." And because of the book's popularity, you probably already know what it's about anyway. If not, here's a refresher: it's about the battle between good and evil. There are angels and devils, a rogue wolf, an arms dealer, a bar wench and it all takes place in a rural community, purportedly in Brazil. I've read some critiques of this book and one of the complaints I keep seeing over and over again are people complaining about how cliché it is to write a book about good and evil. "Give me a break, it's all been done before, gag me with a spoon, Christian guilt…, boring, stupid, bla-bla-bla…" My reaction to those responses is difficult to put into words. Because on one hand, I agree. I'm sick of hearing about it and feeling like it's being jammed down my throat in ways that are insulting, naïve, dull, etc. But on the other hand, I feel like I'd be lying to myself if I didn't admit that the concept of an otherworldly battle between good and evil really rings my bell. I've been thinking about this book almost non-stop for the past couple days (hence the five star review). Yesterday afternoon in the food court'I was thinking about angels and devils. Last night when we took a tour through a house that's for sale'I was thinking about good vs. evil. This morning on the bus'are humans inherently good or inherently evil? Or are we simply tempted by one or the other? Do we have an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other whispering into our ears? Where did evil come from? How did it get here? It's all very interesting and it will make your head spin if you let it. I did. The book is also relatively short so even though I'm back to work after a Christmas break that was jam-packed with reading, so don't have nearly as much time to read for pleasure, I still read this book in about two days. Not bad.