The Winner Stands Alone



«The Winner Stands Alone is a book rich in ethical complexities, and Coelho handles its tangled threads with his characteristic mastery, trying to exhibit without judging the actions of those involved in the plot...»
-- El Mundo, Spain, September 2009


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«The redemption of love through total surrender»

In »The Winner Stands Alone«, Paulo Coelho is back to the important themes from 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 the success of any cost often prevents us from hearing what the heart actually whispers.

In his new novel »The Winner Stands Alone«, Paulo Coelho takes us to the Cannes Film festival, where the so-called superclass gathers - those who have made it in the dream makers world of fashion and film. Some have even reached the very top and are afraid to lose their lofty position. Money, power and fame are at stake - values for which most people are prepared to do anything, whatever the cost.

At this modern vanity fair meet: Igor, a Russian millionaire; fashion czar Hamid from the Middle East; American actress Gabriella, eager to glean a lead role; ambitious criminal detective Savoy, hoping to resolve the case of his life, and Yasmine on the brink of a successful modelling career.

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

Translated into 42 languages

Worldwide Bestseller

«Coelho's true success does not lie in his ability to narrate what he sees but in his gift to reconcile ourselves to the invisible. This is why his books, as Saint-Exupéry would say, are to be read with the heart.»
-- ELLE, Spain, September 2009

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