The Winner Stands Alone

　　在這個現代名利場中，誰能成功地找出自己的夢想，並且美夢成真呢？

　　科爾賀的特殊才能在於他能一次對所有人說話的能力。他的讀者常說他們在他的書中看到自己的生活。  ──《紐約客》

　　本書講愛與癡迷。

　　保羅．科爾賀構築了一個懸疑故事，內容是「財富和名聲」這樣引人入勝的世界。

　　當一個人不惜任何代價致力於追求奢華和成功，往往讓他無法聽見內心的真正願望。

　　科爾賀以坎城影展為場景，人物則是身處其中所謂的上流社會人物──那些在製造夢想的時尚圈和電影界中成功的人。其中有些人雖然達到了巔峰，但卻害怕會失去他們的崇高地位。金錢、權力和名譽，這些大多數人都願意做任何事情來保有的事物，是虛浮不定、來去無蹤的。

　　在這個現代名利場中的人物有：俄羅斯百萬富翁伊戈爾；中東時裝教主哈米德；渴望得到重要角色的美國女演員加布列拉；希望能解決案件、雄心勃勃的刑事偵探薩沃伊；在成為成功模特兒邊界上的女孩賈思敏。

　　在眾多社會預製的夢想中，誰能成功地找出自己的個人夢想，並且美夢成真呢？

　　★本書中譯本《贏家》由時報出版

　　In The Winner Stands Alone, Paulo Coelho has returned to the important themes of Eleven Minutes and The Zahir: Love and Obsession. He offers a suspenseful novel about the fascinating worlds of fortune and celebrity, where the commitment to luxury and success at any cost often prevents one from hearing what the heart actually desires.

　　Coelho takes us to the Cannes Film Festival, where the so-called Super class gathers——those who have made it in the dream maker's world of fashion and cinema. Some of them have even reached the very top and are afraid to lose their lofty positions. Money, power, and fame are at stake——things for which most people are prepared to do anything to keep.

　　At this modern vanity fair we meet Igor, a Russian millionaire; Middle Eastern fashion czar Hamid; American actress Gabriela, eager to land a lead 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.

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

作者簡介

保羅．科爾賀（Paulo Coelho）

　　1947 年 8 月 24 日生於巴西里約熱內盧。他是拉丁美洲最具影響力的作家之一，讀者群包括學生、販夫走卒、巴西總理及其政敵。他的小說不僅榮獲多項國際大獎，同時也長期位居巴西暢銷書排行榜，以及美國《出版者週刊》排行榜等。曾於1996年獲法國文化部文藝騎士章，現在擔任聯合國教科文組織特別顧問，並於1999年獲頒加利西亞金章。2001年接受德國政府頒發「媒體文化獎」，表揚其作品如清流潺潺，淨化人心。著有《牧羊少年奇幻之旅》、《朝聖》、《薇若妮卡想不開》、《魔鬼與普林姆小姐》、《愛的十一分鐘》、《生命戰士的智慧祕笈》、《波特貝羅女巫》等書。

　　Paulo Coelho is one of the most widely read authors in the world. His books have sold more than 100 million copies worldwide, have been translated into 68 languages, and have been published in 150 countries. He was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace in 2007.

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