New novel by Paulo Coelho, the world premiere of which took place in the fall of 2008 . Igor is beautiful, rich, successful, but his wife left him, and he cannot drown out this pain. He goes to the glamorous Cannes Film Festival in hopes of regaining love. Igor vowed to destroy entire worlds in order to find his beloved again. "The winner is left alone" is a deep reflection on the power of personality and the vain dreams that a society of luxury and success creates and directs. Skillfully weaving the stories of the characters, Paulo Coelho in his twelfth novel paints a true picture of the world of glamour and shows us the possible catastrophic consequences of an obsession with fame. See. Also: