by Carlos Ruiz Zafón · Planeta CAT · tapa dura · ISBN 9788497081047
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«L'Ombra del Vent» is the mystery novel by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, published by Planeta CAT in hardcover (496 pages, in Catalan).
In 1945, Daniel Sempere's father takes him to a secret corner of Barcelona: the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. A book found there changes his life and drags him into a tangle of enigmas and urban secrets. The narrative blends intrigue, suspense, historical fiction and costumbrismo in a tragic story of love and fascination with books.
First installment of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books saga. Translation by Josep Pelfort. The original version, «La sombra del viento», was published in 2001.
For readers of mystery, historical fiction and novels about books, with twentieth-century Barcelona as the setting.
Carlos Ruiz Zafón was a Spanish novelist known for his 2001 novel La sombra del viento. The novel sold 15 million copies and was winner of numerous awards; it was included in a list of the 100 best books in Spanish of the last 25 years, made in 2007 by 81 Spanish and Hispanic American writers and critics.
