Der Dämon und Fräulein Prym

Author's Note
Paulo Coelho, born in 1947 in Rio de Janeiro, studied law and then traveled to South America, Europe, and North Africa. Upon returning to Brazil, he published plays and provocative rock songs, which led to three imprisonments under the military junta of the 1970s. He is the editor of an underground magazine, a music magazine, and served as director of Polygram and CBS in Brazil. Starting in 1980, after losing his job, he studied for five years in an ancient Spanish order and completed the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. In 2006, Paulo Coelho was awarded the Mexican literary prize "Las Pergolas."

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A place in the Pyrenees, torn apart by greed, cowardice, and fear. A man haunted by the demons of his painful past. A young woman in search of her happiness. Seven days in which good and evil engage in a fierce battle, and during which everyone must decide for themselves whether they are willing to risk something for their dream of life and to change.