by Paulo Coelho
First published 2000
In a remote mountain village, a stranger named Chantal Prym arrives with a tantalizing proposition: a suitcase filled with gold in exchange for someone's life. As the villagers grapple with the moral dilemma, tensions rise and long-buried secrets surface. Chantal becomes a conduit for the village's inner demons, forcing the residents to confront their own capacity for good and evil. In this suspenseful tale, Coelho explores the fine line between temptation and morality, and the consequences of succumbing to the devil's bargain.
Genres: fiction, drama, literary-fiction, contemporary
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, moral-ambiguity
240 pages · Paperback