词条 | The Winner Stands Alone |
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| name = The Winner Stands Alone | title_orig = O Vencedor está Só | translator = Margaret Jull Costa | image = The Winner Stands Alone.jpg | caption = | author = Paulo Coelho | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = Brazil | language = Portuguese | series = | genre = Novel | publisher = | release_date = 2008 | english_release_date = | media_type = Print (hardcover, paperback) | pages = 375 pp (paperback edition) | isbn = 978-0-00-731868-1 | | preceded_by = | followed_by = O Aleph }} The Winner Stands Alone is a novel by Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho, first published in 2008. The book was first published in Portuguese under the title O Vencedor está Só. It is the thirteenth major book by Coelho. The book is roughly based upon the growing rise of what the author calls The Superclass.[1] Plot summaryThe book loosely tells the story of several individuals: Igor, a Russian millionaire; Hamid, a Middle Eastern fashion magnate; American actress Gabriela, eager to land a leading 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. Set at the Cannes Film Festival, the tale narrates the epic drama and tension between the characters in a 24-hour period. Igor, a man of extraordinary intelligence, has promised himself to destroy worlds to get his beloved wife Ewa, who left him for a successful designer, Hamid. References1. ^ External links
7 : 2008 novels|Novels by Paulo Coelho|Brazilian novels|Portuguese-language novels|Novels set in Provence|Cannes Film Festival|21st-century Brazilian novels |
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