The shadow of the wind

Title:

Uniform Title:

Sombra del viento. English

Author:

Ruiz Zafón, Carlos, 1964-2020, author.

Added Author:

Graves, Lucia,

Personal Author:

Ruiz Zafón, Carlos, 1964-2020, author.

ISBN:

9780143034902

Physical Description:

486 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

General Note:

Originally published in Spanish as: La sombra del viento. Barcelona : Editorial Planeta, 2001.

Originally published in United States: Penguin Press, 2004.

Abstract:

A boy named Daniel selects a novel from a library of rare books, enjoying it so much that he searches for the rest of the author's works, only to discover that someone is destroying every book the author has ever written.

Barcelona, 1945: A city slowly heals from its war wounds, and Daniel, an antiquarian book dealer's son who mourns the loss of his mother, finds solace in a mysterious book entitled The Shadow of the Wind, by one Julian Carax. But when he sets out to find the author's other works, he makes a shocking discovery: someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book Carax has written. In fact, Daniel may have the last of Carax's books in existence. Soon Daniel's seemingly innocent quest opens a door into one of Barcelona's darkest secrets--an epic story of murder, madness, and doomed love--- (Back cover)

Subject Term:

Young men -- Spain -- Barcelona -- Fiction.

Antiquarian booksellers -- Spain -- Barcelona -- Fiction.

Mothers and sons -- Spain -- Barcelona -- Fiction.

Widowers -- Spain -- Barcelona -- Fiction.

Books -- Spain -- Barcelona -- Fiction.

Rare books -- Spain -- Barcelona -- Fiction.

Books and reading -- Spain -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Barcelona (Spain) -- Fiction.

Spain -- Social conditions -- Fiction.

Genre:

Historical fiction.

Detective and mystery stories.

Summary:

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Summary

"Anyone who enjoys novels that are scary, erotic, touching, tragic and thrilling should rush right out to the nearest bookstore and pick up The Shadow of the Wind . Really, you should." --Michael Dirda, The Washington Post

"Wondrous...masterful... The Shadow of the Wind is ultimately a love letter to literature, intended for readers as passionate about storytelling as its young hero." -- Entertainment Weekly, Editor's Choice

"This is one gorgeous read." --Stephen King

"I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetary of Forgotten Books for the first time..."

Barcelona, 1945: A city slowly heals in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, and Daniel, an antiquarian book dealer's son who mourns the loss of his mother, finds solace in a mysterious book entitled The Shadow of the Wind , by one Julián Carax. But when he sets out to find the author's other works, he makes a shocking discovery: someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book Carax has written. In fact, Daniel may have the last of Carax's books in existence. Soon Daniel's seemingly innocent quest opens a door into one of Barcelona's darkest secrets--an epic story of murder, madness, and doomed love.