The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)

486 pages

English language

Published July 5, 2005 by Penguin.

ISBN:
9780143034902

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5 stars (1 review)

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

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5 stars

Uno de esos libros que van despacio, pero están escritos con un trazo inolvidable. Marcados quedarán por siempre muchos de estos personajes en mi memoria.

Es una historia auténtica, y creo que apta para cualquier amante de la literatura.

Si tenéis la oportunidad, el audiolibro de Jordi Boixaderas será un acompañante magnífico en vuestros diarios viajes al trabajo.

Subjects

  • 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
  • Barcelona (Spain) -- Fiction