The winner stands alone - Brossura

Coelho, Paulo

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ISBN 10: 0061968277 ISBN 13: 9780061968273

Casa editrice: Harper USA, 2010

Riassunto

According to Paulo Coelho, The Winner Stands Alone is a photograph of the world we live in, captured in the form of a novel. The action, in accelerated rhythm, occurs in less than 24 hours during the Cannes Film Festival. Igor Dalev, a successful Russian entrepreneur, arrives in France determined to recover Ewa, his ex-wife and the great love of his life. Since Ewa is remarried to Hamid Hussein, a stylist and star of the fashion circuit, Igor becomes increasingly desperate, determined to get her attention by any means necessary. And so, crippled by jealousy and passion and, above all, a desire to impress Ewa, Igor becomes a serial killer. By killing innocent people, he believes he is destroying universes and hence demonstrating the strength of his feelings. Producers, consecrated actors, aspiring actresses, top models and stylists -- all of them are portrayed in a merciless portrait of luxury and of the Superclass, the elite who, by influencing people, define the directions of our days.

By providing the reader with details of how these characters -- all of them based on real-life people -- live and behave, Paulo Coelho turns his twelfth novel into a shrewd criticism of a world overrun by glamour and excess. But above all, The Winner Is Alone is a pulse-pounding, page-turning psycological thriller -- a striking departure for one of the world s best-loved authors.

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Recensione:

[Coelho's] special talent seems to be his ability to speak to everyone at once. . . . His readers often say that they see their own lives in his own books. (The New Yorker)

This scintillating parable about shallowness, greed, and celebrity worship from international bestseller Coelho (The Alchemist) unsparingly examines the Superclass, the elite s elite. . . Coelho s trademark mysticism and spiritual messages provide an extra boost to the thriller plot. (Publishers Weekly)

L'autore:

New York Times bestselling author Paulo Coelho is one of the most beloved writers of our time. With sales of over 100 million copies worldwide, his books have been translated into 68 languages and published in 150 countries. He is the recipient of numerous prestigious international awards and was inducted at the Brazilian Academy of Letters in 2002. In 2007, he was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon.

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• Editore: Harper USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0061968277
• ISBN 13: 9780061968273
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 368