The Winner Stands Alone

Összefoglaló

The acclaimed, internationally bestselling author of The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho paints an engrossing picture of a world overrun by glamour and excess, and shows us the possibly dire consequences of our obsession with fame. In The Winner Stands Alone, Paulo Coelho has returned to the important themes of Eleven Minutes and The Zahir. He offers a novel full of suspense, a mirror image of the world we live in, where our commitment to luxury and success at any cost often prevents us 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 dream maker's world of fashion and film. Money, power, and fame are at stake things for which most people are prepared to do anything, whatever the cost. 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 dreams and succeed in making it come true?