The winner is left alone by Paulo Coelho

Paulo Coelho

Paulo Coelho is a Brazilian novelist and storyteller. He was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1947 AD. He worked in the field of theater directing and acting, and he worked as a lyricist. Where he wrote the lyrics for many Brazilian singers such as Rita Lee Raul Siixas and Elis Regina, he wrote more than sixty songs, and he worked in the field of journalism before branching out into literary writing. He published his first book in 1982 entitled Archives of Hell, which did not meet Any success, and his works did not receive any success until the publication of the Alchemist novel, which was translated into 80 languages, and he won many accolades and awards for it, and he continued to compose and author many books, the most important of which are: Breda, For the Supreme Gift, and the Witch of Portobello, and the winner remains alone Which we will introduce you to in this article.

The winner is left alone by Paulo Coelho

Publication and translation of the novel

The novel The Winner Stays Alone was published for the first time in 2008 AD and in the Portuguese language, and it is considered the thirteenth main book by Paulo Coelho. The novel has been translated into many languages, including Arabic, as the Arabic translation of the novel is located in 486 pages.

Summary of the novel

The novel is about one day at the Cannes Film Festival behind the scenes; Where the writer takes us to the French atmosphere within the framework of the festival celebrations, and the events revolve around four pivotal characters: Igor, the eccentric Russian businessman who participated in the Soviet Union’s war in Afghanistan, which caused him many psychological problems, and his ex-wife, Ewa, and her new husband, who is of Arab descent. He works in the field of fashion, Hamid Hussein, and the American Cabrella.

The writer introduces us to the events, drama, and intensity that take place between the characters within 24 hours. Where Igor attends the festival in order to take revenge on his ex-wife, whom he loved very much, and who had left him to marry later the international fashion designer Hamid Hussein, who works in the same field as Iowa, so Igor kills six people that day, the first of whom is a girl named Olivia who works as an antiques peddler; Where he kills her through the sport of sambo to become the spirit of the girl who inspires him in his series of crimes, and the second victim was an American cinema distributor who was in one of the restaurants where Igor was, and the third victim is an American actor who despaired after the death of the cinema distributor who was supposed to adopt someone His works and lead him to the world, as for the fourth victim, he was an American actor who was going to play the starring role in one of Hamid Hussein’s films, while Cabrella is the girl who was chosen to play the starring role in the same movie, so she lives the role of the heroine for one day without knowing that the hero and the producer have been killed by Igor, whom she meets at a party that ends with Hamid and Ewa being killed on the beach.

In this novel, the writer tried to find full details of the life of what he calls the upper class that the stars live in, to show how much loneliness and sorrow there is in their lives, after they reached their utmost happiness and successes as the general public believes, and he also works in this novel to highlight the role of power and money. In transforming human life for the benefit of the upper class who have a lot of money and wealth.