The Winner Stands Alone [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2009] Paulo Coelho - Softcover

Paulo Coelho

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007318685 ISBN 13: 9780007318681

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, 2009

Synopsis

About the bookthe winner stands alone is a book that is loosely based on the ascendance of a group of people, that the author calls the superclass. The superclass are an elite, yet extremely small, section of the global population whose actions and behaviour influences the lives of the rest of the world.the story revolves around the worlds of cinema and fashion. It takes place over the course of a single day, and closely follows igor, a russian entrepreneur who will stop at nothing to get his ex-wife, ewa, back. He considers her to be the love of his life. Igor is an individual force of evil, who is willing to destroy the entire world if he can reclaim ewa. His struggle with society as a whole drives the plot and causes moralistic derailment.the winner stands alone is set at the cannes film festival, where the superclass of filmmakers, actors, supermodels and other powerful and beautiful people mix with the has-beens and the hangers-on. The author reveals the dangers of society’s inf

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From the Back Cover:

The Winner Stands Alone is a suspenseful novel about the fascinating worlds of fortune and celebrity, where the commitment to luxury and success at any cost often prevents one from hearing what the heart actually desires.

Coelho takes us to the Cannes Film Festival, where the so-called Superclass gathers—those who have made it in the dreammaker’s world of fashion and cinema. Some of them have even reached the very top and are afraid to lose their lofty positions. Money, power, and fame are at stake—things for which most people are prepared to do anything to keep.

At this modern vanity fair we meet Igor, a Russian millionaire; Middle Eastern fashion czar Hamid; American actress Gabriela, eager to land a lead role; ambitious criminal detective Savoy, hoping to resolve the case of his life; and Jasmine, a woman on the brink of a successful modeling career.

Who will succeed in identifying his or her own personal dream among the many prefabricated ones—and succeed in making it come true?

About the Author:

Paulo Coelho, born in Rio de Janeiro in 1947, is one of the bestselling and most influential authors in the world. The Alchemist, The Pilgrimage, The Valkyries, Brida, Veronika Decides to Die, Eleven Minutes, The Zahir, The Witch of Portobello, The Winner Stands Alone, Aleph, Manuscript Found in Accra, and Adultery, among others, have sold over 175 million copies worldwide, and The Alchemist has been on the New York Times bestseller list for over 360 weeks.

Paulo Coelho has been a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters since 2002, and in 2007, he was appointed United Nations Messenger of Peace. He is also the most followed author on social media.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0007318685
• ISBN 13: 9780007318681
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 373