The beloved, bestselling international author of "The Alchemist" returns with another haunting novel--a thrilling journey into our constant fascination with the worlds of fame, fortune, and celebrity. A profound meditation on personal power and innocent dreams that are manipulated or undone by success, "The Winner Stands Alone" is set in the exciting worlds of fashion and cinema. Taking place over the course of twenty-four hours during the Cannes Film Festival, it is the story of Igor, a successful, driven Russian entrepreneur who will go to the darkest lengths to reclaim a lost love--his ex-wife, Ewa. Believing that his life with Ewa was divinely ordained, Igor once told her that he would destroy whole worlds to get her back. The conflict between an individual evil force and society emerges, and as the novel unfolds, morality is derailed. Meet the players and poseurs behind the scenes at Cannes--the "Superclass" of producers, actors, designers, and supermodels, as well as the aspiring starlets, has-been stars, and jaded hangers-on. Adroitly interweaving the characters' stories, Paulo Coelho uses his twelfth novel to paint an engrossing picture of a world overrun by glamour and excess, and shows us the possibly dire consequences of our obsession with fame.
保罗·柯艾略(Paulo Coelho):
著名作家,1947年出生于巴西里约热内卢。
从《朝圣》开始,20余部作品陆续被翻译成71种语言,在160多个国家和地区出版发行,总计销量已超过1.15亿册,荣获国际大奖无数,以博大宽宏的心胸、清澈如水的文字,将哲学沉思、宗教奇迹、童话寓言熔为一炉,抒写了无数感动世界的篇章,在世间挥洒智慧、理想和爱的光芒。
由于其巨大影响, 2007年,被联合国任命为和平大使。
2009年,代表作《牧羊少年奇幻之旅》因“出版语种最多”创造“吉尼斯世界纪录”。
这本小说依然充满了柯艾略的各种元素:贝都因人、沙漠、世界的一部分、预兆、命运、心灵,诸如此类。保罗·柯艾略被称为畅销书作家,但这样的结局一点也不像,不太了解畅销书市场是否跟商业电影一样忠于大团圆收场,如果这是一部商业电影,很有可能不会是雅维茨的那个“五分之...
评分当你读过《牧羊少年奇幻之旅》,当你读过《我坐在琵卓河畔,哭泣》,你可能不会相信《孤独的赢家》也出自他手。毕竟亦真亦幻是你的喜好,突然被现实一击,你有点不适应。 作家更是情绪的动物,他总是游弋在梦幻与现实之间。有一阵他沉溺于自己的梦,有一阵,他又与现实叫起真...
评分看影碟时,无论前进或后退,都可以看到确定无疑的剧情,唯有正常速度播放,才会有不确定性存在——对于第一次看这部电影的观众来说。看书也一样。听音乐也一样。然而生活却不同,生活是不能重复的,了解剧情的机会只有一次。 做出一个决定的时候,往往觉得这是最好的选择。当...
评分 评分the world of glamor and vanity
评分i dont think it is a real novel, actually rolls in it are all looking for their true inner side, and so do we when we read it.
评分So Cynical and full of clichés,像一个闯荡好莱坞但未能成功的学生写出来的作品。Coelho之前在the alchemist 中化腐朽为神奇的insight在这本书中也不见踪影。难道我读的是伪作?
评分A twisted book reflects the twisted world of fame,glamour and money,power....all is vanity
评分So Cynical and full of clichés,像一个闯荡好莱坞但未能成功的学生写出来的作品。Coelho之前在the alchemist 中化腐朽为神奇的insight在这本书中也不见踪影。难道我读的是伪作?
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