Baldacci, David - Novel 1997 - The Winner (67-338@32_22)
When LuAnn Tyler is asked to take part in a crooked lottery scheme she refuses, even though it could bring her millions of dollars. However, when she is framed for murder, the frightened single mother is forced to participate.
This is a text on elementary mathematics written by a very promising young mathematician who is at his first experience of this kind. The author, Andrei Negut, now a student at Princeton, was, for years, the winner of high-school national and International Mathematical competitions.
A profound meditation on personal power and innocent dreams that are manipulated or undone by success, The Winner Stands Alone 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 beloved, bestselling international author of The Alchemist returns with another haunting novel—a thrilling journey into our constant fascination with the worlds of fame, fortune, and celebrity. A profound meditation on personal power and innocent dreams that are manipulated or undone by success, The Winner Stands Alone is set in the exciting worlds of fashion and cinema. The conflict between an individual evil force and society emerges, and as the novel unfolds, morality is derailed.
"...a delightful romp through millennia...bringing together art, architecture, science, and mathematics under the umbrella of Leonardo's genius." -- William D. Phillips, winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics
A masterful examination of the differences and similarities in the sciences and the arts. -- Jamie Wyeth
So insightful, so original, and so well-reasoned that it immediately becomes an essential volume in the canon of Leonardiana. -- Sherwin Nuland, author of Leonardo da Vinci and winner of the 1994 National Book Award
