{"product_id":"the-winner-stands-alone-a-novel-isbn-9780061750441","title":"The Winner Stands Alone: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e“[Coelho’s] special talent seems to be his ability to speak to everyone at once. The kind of spirituality he espouses is to all comers. . . . His readers often say that they see their own lives in his own books.” \u003cbr\u003e—\u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Alchemist\u003c\/em\u003e, Paulo Coelho, comes an absorbing new novel that holds a mirror up to our culture’s obsession with fame, glamour, and celebrity.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe beloved, bestselling international author of \u003cem\u003eThe Alchemist\u003c\/em\u003e returns with another haunting novel—a thrilling journey into our constant fascination with the worlds of fame, fortune, and celebrity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eA profound meditation on personal power and innocent dreams that are manipulated or undone by success, \u003cem\u003eThe Winner Stands Alone\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet 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.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“[Coelho’s] special talent seems to be his ability to speak to everyone at once. The kind of spirituality he espouses is to all comers. . . . His readers often say that they see their own lives in his own books.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[This] Brazilian wizard makes books disappear from stores.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethis scintillating parable about shallowness, greed, and celebrity worship from international bestseller Coelho (\u003ci\u003eThe Alchemist\u003c\/i\u003e) unsparingly examines the Superclass, the elite’s elite. . .  Coelho’s trademark mysticism and spiritual messages provide an extra boost to the thriller plot.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperOne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889174442213,"sku":"NP9780061750441","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061750441.jpg?v=1730230681","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-winner-stands-alone-a-novel-isbn-9780061750441","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}